THE FEMINIZATION OF LABOR MIGRATION FROM GEORGIA: THE CASE OF TIANETI
THE FEMINIZATION OF LABOR MIGRATION FROM GEORGIA: THE CASE OF TIANETI
Author(s): Tinatin Zurabishvili, Tamar ZurabishviliSubject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Центр независимых социологических исследований (ЦНСИ)
Keywords: Feminization and labor; Labor Migration; Georgia; Tianeti; female participation in the labor force;
Summary/Abstract: Massive labor migration in Georgia began in the 1990s as a result of the difficult economic situation in country. The intra-border conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia proved devastating to the struggling Georgian economy, which had collapsed with the breakdown of the Soviet Union. A large part of the population of what had been one of the USSR’s richest and most prosperous republics found themselves jobless and impoverished. Nor did employment guarantee prosperity—salaries, especially in the public sector, were low. The private sector, where wages were higher, could not provide a sufficient number of jobs to satisfy the demand for employment. It is thus hardly surprising that a significant part of the Georgian population resorted to emigration in order to survive economic hardship.
Journal: Laboratorium. Журнал социальных исследований
- Issue Year: 2/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 73-83
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English