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Weighing the political and economic motivations for migration in post-soviet Space: The case of Uzbekistan

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This article investigates the micro-level considerations leading to the decision to migrate within the former Soviet Union. By conducting a survey and focus group of minorities in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, it specifies hypotheses from the theoretical literature on migration centred on political/national and economic factors and their interaction, and then tests them in the field. The results indicate that economic factors were of primary importance in explaining people's decisions and political factors were rarely sufficient to produce migration. Nation-building and everyday nationalism influenced migration decisions only insofar as they affected people's material well being, by creating language barriers and facilitating the preferential treatment of locals over minorities in receiving employment. The most decisive factor was the perception of overall economic decline that decreased people's standards of living and diminished their prospects for employment and opportunities for their children. Researchers must therefore pay more attention to the effects of structural decline on individual households and the interaction of political and economic factors in the decision to migrate.

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  • Scott Radnitz, 2006. "Weighing the political and economic motivations for migration in post-soviet Space: The case of Uzbekistan," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(5), pages 653-677.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:58:y:2006:i:5:p:653-677
    DOI: 10.1080/09668130600731003
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    1. Marie Poprawe, 2015. "On the relationship between corruption and migration: empirical evidence from a gravity model of migration," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 163(3), pages 337-354, June.
    2. Kuhnt, Jana, 2019. "Literature review: drivers of migration. Why do people leave their homes? Is there an easy answer? A structured overview of migratory determinants," IDOS Discussion Papers 9/2019, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    3. Nalin Kumar Mohapatra, 2013. "Migration and Its Impact on Security of Central Asia," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 69(2), pages 133-157, June.
    4. Éva Berde & Emese Kovács & Muyassar Kurbanova, 2023. "The two‐sided paradox of ageism during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The cases of Hungary, Tunisia and Uzbekistan," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(3), pages 606-625, April.

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