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

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 354

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: migration ; remittances ; schooling ; Tajikistan

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dietz, Barbara ; Gatskova, Kseniia ; Ivlevs, Artjoms
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
• (where): Regensburg
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148911
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201602232282
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET