Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Ilhom Abdulloev; Gil S. Epstein; Ira N. Gang

doi:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2020-0004

Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

Department of Economics

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian migrant-sending countries - the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan - are facing a forsaken schooling phenomenon. Once completing their compulsory schooling, young people in these countries are forsaking additional schooling because of opportunities to migrate to high-paying low-skilled jobs in the Russian Federation. The countries face a loss in human capital formation.

Original language	English
Article number	20200004
Journal	IZA Journal of Development and Migration
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2020-0004
State	Published - 17 Mar 2020

Keywords

education
inequality
migration
poverty
skill

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Demography
Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Anthropology
Sociology and Political Science
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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