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Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind: Evidence from Tajikistan

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  • Dietz, Barbara

    (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg)

  • Gatskova, Kseniia

    (Leibnitz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg)

  • Ivlevs, Artjoms

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Abstract

We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most remittance-dependent economies in the world. The analysis of a unique three-wave household panel survey reveals that emigration of family members is negatively associated with children's school attendance. Receiving remittances does not offset this negative effect. Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly detrimental to school attendance, especially among older children and children from less educated households. This supports a conjecture that emigration in Tajikistan has a negative signaling effect on the education of children staying behind.

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  • Dietz, Barbara & Gatskova, Kseniia & Ivlevs, Artjoms, 2015. "Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind: Evidence from Tajikistan," IZA Discussion Papers 9515, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    schooling; remittances; migration; Tajikistan;
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    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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