Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Abdulloev Ilhom (), Gil Epstein and Ira Gang
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Abdulloev Ilhom: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation – Tajikistan (OSIAF), 37/1 Bokhtar Street, Dushanbe734002, Tajikistan

IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 27

Abstract: Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian migrant-sending countries—the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan—are facing a forsaken schooling phenomenon. Once completing their compulsory schooling, young people in these countries are forsaking additional schooling because of opportunities to migrate to high-paying low-skilled jobs in the Russian Federation. The countries face a loss in human capital formation.

Keywords: migration; poverty; inequality; education; skill (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I24 O15 P46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/izajodm-2020-0004

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