abstract: 'Ethno-racial and linguistic boundaries have major implications for

  socio-economic well-being throughout the world, yet their specific

  effects vary greatly across contexts. The countries that were once part

  of the Soviet Union have seen dramatic transformations yet also

  exhibited remarkable continuities from the socialist era. This article

  contributes to cross-national evidence on the roots and expressions of

  ethno-racial socio-economic inequalities and on nation building and

  nationalism in the post-Soviet context. It uses data from two

  identically designed nationally representative surveys conducted in

  Kyrgyzstan in 2011 and 2017 to investigate patterns and trends in ethnic

  and linguistic disparities in employment by occupational type and

  economic sector and in earnings among men and women. The authors find

  that despite government policies to promote the advancement of the

  nation''s titular majority, Kyrgyz, and to encourage the use of its

  language, the ethno-linguistic economic inequalities inherited from the

  Soviet era - privileged positions of the European-origin minority and of

  Russian-speaking Kyrgyz - were still potently present in the earlier

  survey. While variations in types of occupation and employment sectors

  tended to diminish between the two surveys, the ethno-linguistic

  differences in earnings remained very pronounced, even after controlling

  for other factors. The authors relate these findings to the extant

  scholarship and reflect on their implications for our understanding of

  post-socialist transitions.'
affiliation: 'Agadjanian, V (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Sociol,
  Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA.

  Agadjanian, V (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Int Inst, Los Angeles,
  CA 90032 USA.

  Agadjanian, Victor, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Sociol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA.

  Agadjanian, Victor, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Int Inst, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA.

  Oh, Byeongdon, Portland State Univ, Dept Sociol, Portland, OR USA.'
author: Agadjanian, Victor and Oh, Byeongdon
author-email: 'agadjanian@soc.ucla.edu

  donoh@pdx.edu'
author_list:
- family: Agadjanian
  given: Victor
- family: Oh
  given: Byeongdon
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/dech.12611
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2020
eissn: 1467-7660
files: []
issn: 0012-155X
journal: DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
keywords-plus: 'OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; UNITED-STATES; CENTRAL-ASIA; INCOME

  INEQUALITY; WAGE INEQUALITY; SEX SEGREGATION; HISPANIC MEN; EARNINGS;

  GENDER; ENGLISH'
language: English
month: NOV
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '90'
pages: 1579-1612
papis_id: d4913ae3cb032e4a580fb0f4872ba209
ref: Agadjanian2020continuitiestransiti
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Continuities in Transition: Ethnicity, Language and Labour Market Inequalities
  in Kyrgyzstan'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000550655500001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '51'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies
year: '2020'