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

Barbara Dietz, Kseniia Gatskova and Artjoms Ivlevs ()

No 9515, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: schooling; remittances; migration; Tajikistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2015-11
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Published - published in: Feminist Economics, 2019, 25 (3), 96-118

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