A note on bride kidnapping and labour supply behaviour of Kyrgyz women

Arabsheibani, G. Reza, Kudebayeva, Alma and Mussurov, Altay (2021) A note on bride kidnapping and labour supply behaviour of Kyrgyz women. Economic Systems, 45 (4). ISSN 0939-3625

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Abstract

Using data from the 2011 and 2016 Life in Kyrgyzstan surveys, we examine Kyrgyz women's labour supply elasticities at the extensive margin. We use Heckman's two-step approach to predict earnings for the non-participating women and then use these predictions to estimate the participation equation. We find that women's labour supply decision is not influenced by their earnings. We also show that there exists a significant gap in employment propensities among ethnic Kyrgyz women in consensual or arranged marriages compared to women in kidnapped-based marriages. This finding suggests that the practice of bride abduction adversely affects women's probability of employment and might have negative consequences on their economic well-being.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/economic-sys...
Additional Information:	© 2021
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J01 - Labor Economics: General J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2022 13:00
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2025 17:03
URI:	http://eprintstest.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113438

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