Some studies have shown that male migration contributes to shrinking of the gender gap (Abdulloev and others, 2014) while others indicated that women in households with migrants are less likely to be in paid employment 0ustino and Shemyakina, 2012). Women from Uzbekistan, however, are less likely to have specific plans; when they do have them, the women are less likely to come back to Uzbekistan. Among all migrants from Central Asia, going back and forth between the Russian Federation and their country of origin is a popular and desired way of life. This phenomenon stems from highly developed transnational practices - the sending of remittances and developing familial, intimate and other ties diat die migrants maintain in both countries.