The migration response to economic shock: lessons from Kazakhstan

Reproduction in upheaval: Ethnic-specific fertility responses to societal turbulence in Kazakhstan

“…The economic challenges and ethnic tensions that surrounded the downfall of the Soviet Union and their implications for migratory patterns and trends have attracted considerable attention in the literature (e.g., Esenova 1996;Demakov 1997;Vitkovskaya 1998;Becker et al 2003Becker et al , 2005. Parallel changes in fertility have also been well documented (National Institute of Nutrition and Macro International 1996;Agadjanian 1999; Academy of Preventive Medicine and Macro International 2000).…”

Determinants of Internal Migration in Kazakhstan

“…However, in their study on migration between Kazakhstan and Russia Becker et al (2005) show that these movements responded to conventional economic variables and economic shocks such as the 1998 Russian financial crisis and relative exchange rate fluctuations.…”

International handbook of development economics

“…For example, Becker et al (2005) use data on monthly migration from Kazakhstan to Russia to examine the time series impact of economic crisis on migration flows of different age groups. They find that some economic news is perceived more rapidly than others, and that there may be threshold effects: small shocks get lost in the noise, while large shocks are noticed and have rapid impacts.…”