This paper examines the gender-heterogenous effect of migration on adolescents' education in Tajikistan. Migrants' remittances potentially encourage education investment. However, the results reveal that migration encouraged education when migration was liberalized, but that it lowered female...

This paper theoretically examines the effect of labor migration on education investment and human capital accumulation in migrant-sending countries in a negative-selection circumstance. Negative-selection migration has two conflicting effects: parents' migration brings remittances and...

This paper empirically examines the impact of social trust on life satisfaction in transition countries. By using household-level data from Life in Transition Survey in 2006, 2010, and 2016, we estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) of social trust on life satisfaction level based on the...

This paper empirically examines the effect of past migration experience on investment in children's education as well as the effect of current migration. While migration brings remittances and allows households to invest in education, parents with migration experience would have little incentive...

We empirically examine how fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution affects labor supply in Japan. The effects of PM2.5 pollution could be mixed. While adverse health effects of PM2.5 pollution can lead to reduced labor supply, workers can rather increase labor supply if their productivity...

This paper examines the effect of labor migration on education investment in migrant-sending countries in negative-selection circumstances. Negative-selection migration has two conflicting effects. On one hand, individuals in prospect of future migration lose education incentives (the prospect...

In this study, we focus on the effects of labor migration on the economic and political views of people in European, Caucasian, and Central Asian transition countries. During 30 years of transition, people’s views towards transition have demonstrated substantial variations from supports to...

Environmental degradation due to human economic activities is closely linked to poverty in developing countries and can have long-term effects on well-being and sustainable development. This study investigates the nexus between toxic pollution and poverty by examining the economic impacts of...