This paper examines whether longer training increases farm participation in community-
managed water user associations, in a context where assignment to training duration was …

To what extent can workers in developing countries seize gains from trade? To answer this
question we resort to a unique exogenous labor demand shock triggered by a surge in the …

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 …

We use a new formal, practical, and easily decomposable measure to examine vulnerability
to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis. Our strategy is to estimate a first …

This article aims to examine the relationship between women's household bargaining power
and their adoption of modern contraception in post-Soviet Tajikistan using the 2012 …

We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan-the poorest post-Soviet state
and one of the most remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three …

This paper studies the impact of electricity rationing on female employment during
Tajikistan's winter energy crisis, 2009–2015. Reduced access to electricity led to a decline in …

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 …

The persistence of large wage differentials among countries continues to have dramatic
influences on people's lives. In examining international migration, the literature offers two …

Trends in basic indicators of objective and subjective welfare (2004–2011) are analyzed in
Central Asian countries and compared with the same indicators in Russia and Belarus …