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and informal sector employees in Tajikistan for 2007. Using the quantile regression decomposition technique proposed by … seems to be the case that the informal employment in Tajikistan is the main source of income. -- formal/informal employment …
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an imperfect trade-off. Tajikistan possesses both a very large informal sector and extensive international emigration …. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low … ; Tajikistan …
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Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … 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 …
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behind in Tajikistan. Using the control function approach, we show that, contrary to some existing evidence, there is no … "dependency" effect of remittances. Our results show that remittances received by households in Tajikistan have an important … the growth and development in Tajikistan. The results obtained are likely to have policy implications for other developing …
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We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by … vulnerability to poverty. Our findings stress that the international labor migration from Tajikistan may not be considered as a … negatively affect Russian economy and lead to a reduction of remittances flow to Tajikistan. …
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We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most … Tajikistan has a negative signaling effect on the education of children staying behind. …
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The dissolution of the Soviet Union and 1992-96 Tajik civil war resulted in huge human and economic losses. Nevertheless, contemporary data suggest the persistence of investments in human capital in the region most affected by famine and least favoured since the cessation of hostilities,...
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We examine how the forsaken schooling phenomenon in migration evolved over time in Tajikistan. After completing … compulsory schooling at ages 16-17, young men in Tajikistan are forsaking professional education because of opportunities to … to professional education in migrant-sending Tajikistan. …
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With the year 2015 - the MDG finishing line - approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity in every society. We...
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A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
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