Arbeitspapier

Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation

Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the labour force participation decision and its gender gap. Using probit and decomposition analysis, our investigation shows that education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan. International emigration from Tajikistan, in which approximately 93.5% of the participants are men, reduces labour force participation by men domestically; increased female education, especially at the university and vocational level, increases female participation. Both women acquiring greater access to education and men increasing their migration abroad contribute to reducing the gender gap.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 342

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics: General
Thema
migration
education
gender gap
labour force participation
Tajikistan

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Abdulloev, Ilhom
Gang, Ira N.
Yun, Myeong-Su
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
(wo)
Regensburg
(wann)
2014

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2014070810478
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Abdulloev, Ilhom
  • Gang, Ira N.
  • Yun, Myeong-Su
  • Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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