https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235860 2026-11-12T16:41:04Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238324 Title: Doubling Up or Moving Out? The Effect of International Labour Migration on Household Size Authors: Gatskova, Kseniia; Kozlov, Vladimir Abstract: We use household panel data from Tajikistan to explore the change in living arrangements as a response to income shifts related to international labour migration. In addition, we analyse the interaction between the effect of idiosyncratic income increase resulting from a completed migration episode, and the effect of an aggregate shock – the global financial crisis – and show how different households adjust their household size during times of financial hardship. The empirical evidence indicates that while current migration is associated with an increase in household size, a completed migration episode two years before the interview was followed by family members moving out. At the same time, our empirical analysis demonstrates that migrant families doubled up in response to a financial crisis to the same extent as non-migrant families, which suggests that labour migration in Tajikistan does not insure against economic shocks in the long run. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238325 Title: Can Labor Emigration Affect the Education of Girls? Evidence from Tajikistan Authors: Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara Abstract: This study examines how large-scale, predominantly male emigration affects the education of girls staying in Tajikistan, the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and 2011, this study finds that the net effect of migration on girls’ schooling turns from positive to negative with girls’ age. These results lend support to various conceptual channels through which the emigration of household members may affect girls’ education, including the relaxation of budget constraints, a change of the household head, and an increase in household work. At the practical level, the results imply that migration can be detrimental to women’s empowerment and cast doubt on whether emigration is an appropriate long-term development strategy for Tajikistan. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z