Emigration, remittances and the education of children staying behind: evidence from Tajikistan

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 threewave household panel survey reveals that emigration of family members is negatively associated with childre...

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Main Authors: Dietz, Barbara 1949- (Author), Gatskova, Kseniia (Author), Ivlevs, Artjoms (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:IOS working papers No. 354
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Online Access:http://www.dokumente.ios-regensburg.de/publikationen/wp/wp_354.pdf
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Summary: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 threewave 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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