We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from … results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure … to the 1992-1998 armed conflict, we observe that the negative effect of remittances on the labor supply of women is …

We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration … and remittances have no effect. Having a grandmother as the head of household after parents (typically fathers) migrate …

yet firmly established the effect of remittances on household welfare. We investigate the case of Tajikistan, one of the … instrumental variable estimation to confirm a positive relationship between receiving remittances and household welfare after … correcting for endogeneity. Moreover, we find that the effect of remittances on household spending is more pronounced in …

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from … results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure … to the 1992-1998 armed conflict, we observe that the negative effect of remittances on the labor supply of women is …

This paper investigates the impact of remittances on health outcomes in Tajikistan and finds a positive effect. While … existing literature shows that remittances increase health care expenditure, expenditure alone is an incomplete proxy for … significant share of the population. Our study explores the impact of remittances on proxies of health outcomes beyond expenditure …

endogenous effect increases family members' incentives to specialize as caregiver. The model's predictions are tested using novel …

. This change in living arrangements, which involves the extended family of the migrant, has two relevant implications for … the analysis of the effects of paternal migration and remittances on the children left behind. First, it can give rise to …

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

After independence, the GCC countries relied heavily on foreign workers from fellow Arab countries. Thus, remittances … remittances. This paper examines the consequences of the shift in the source of labor by econometrically testing the existence of … structural breaks in the flow of remittances in the MENA region. The change in the direction of remittance flows deprived several …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …