TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dietz, Barbara
AU  - Gatskova, Kseniia
AU  - Ivlevs, Artjoms
        TI  - Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind: Evidence from Tajikistan
        PY  - 2015/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9515
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9515
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - schooling
KW  - remittances
KW  - migration
KW  - Tajikistan
        ER  -