International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN

Paper detail

Paper ID : 526
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Regional Economics
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Füsun Çelebi Boz
Session : 3B Orta Asya Ekonomileri

Immigration in Central Asia and its Effects on the Labor Market
Orta Asya’da Göç ve Göçün Emek Piyasası Üzerine Etkileri

Abstract

Many Central Asian countries declaring their independence after the splitting of the Soviet Union, cannot meet the economical and social needs of their citizens by falling much behind of the era in terms of industry despite the natural wealth they have. In addition to all these, the problems in the ruling class and the chaos environment have resulted in the immigration of many people to alternative living spaces. These immigrations have affected labor market both positively and negatively besides the social life. The labor demand increased by the entrance of the immigrants into the market has affected the employee wages and also this situation has affected the life standards of the citizens. In this study, the immigration that took place in the countries established after the splitting of the Soviet Union, forming one of the two poles of the world before the cold war, and the effects of this immigration on the labor market have been analyzed considering previous studies on the subject. The studies carried out on this subject have yielded various results according to the area in which it’s carried out, the time interval it includes, and the period’s structure. For this reason, the points of views on the subject are compared by making a long literature review.

JEL codes: J01, F22

Çelebi Boz, Füsun, Durmaz, Atakan (2012). "Immigration in Central Asia and its Effects on the Labor Market" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.192-198, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00526

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Session 3B: Orta Asya Ekonomileri

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