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We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most … 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 …
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increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances …
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the analysis of the effects of paternal migration and remittances on the children left behind. First, it can give rise to …We provide evidence that the occurrence of an international migration episode is associated with a variation in the … living arrangements of the household members left behind. The migration of a married Mexican man typically induces his spouse …
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increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884249
. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low …How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be …
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. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low …How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403375
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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This paper analyses the role of remittances and migration on the occupational outcomes of the household members left … "dependency" effect of remittances. Our results show that remittances received by households in Tajikistan have an important … behind in Tajikistan. Using the control function approach, we show that, contrary to some existing evidence, there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328913
This paper analyses the role of remittances and migration on the occupational outcomes of the household members left … “dependency” effect of remittances. Our results show that remittances received by households in Tajikistan have an important … behind in Tajikistan. Using the control function approach, we show that, contrary to some existing evidence, there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691289
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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