<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian...

Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Published Online: Mar 17, 2020

Page range: -

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

Keywords
migration, poverty, inequality, education, skill

© 2020 Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Published Online: Mar 17, 2020

Page range: -

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

Keywordsmigration, poverty, inequality, education, skill

© 2020 Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
migration, poverty, inequality, education, skill