"International Migration and Remittance Effects on the School Enrollment of Children Staying Behind: The Evidence from Tajikstan"
Dr. Enerelt Murakami
Research fellow, JICA Research Institute
Abstract:
This paper explores the impact of international migration on school enrollment of children staying behind in Tajikistan, by using data from a large nationally representative household survey. I employ a switching probit model that accounts for the endogeneity and self-selection of migration and remittance with respect to school enrollment. Counterfactual situations are constructed for children belonging to households with and without migrants, remittance receiving and nonreceiving households, and households with migrant parents to single out the impact of migration and remittances. The results show that migration of household members reduces the probability of enrolling in school by 10 percentage points for children who belong to households with migrants. The effect of parental migration is much larger than that of migration of other household members. Receiving remittances reduces the adverse impact of migration by only 1‒3 percentage points. The effect is especially prominent for poor households with young and uneducated household heads.
Brief Introduction:
Academic & Professional Experience
2017 – Today Research fellow, Research Institute, Japan International Cooperation Agency
2016 – 2017 Project consultant, Asian Development Bank Institute
2014 – 2015 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tokyo
Education
2011 – 2014 PhD, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tokyo
Published Papers
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International Migration and Remittance Effects on the School Enrollment of Children Staying Behind: Evidence from Tajikistan, Enerelt Murakami ADBI Working Paper (969) Jun 2019
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The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Labor Supply in Tajikistan, Enerelt Murakami, Eiji Yamada, Erica Sioson JICA Research Institute Working Paper series (181) Jan 2019 [Refereed]
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Household Consumption Risk and Coping Strategies in Tajikistan: Evidence from Household Surveys, Enerelt Murakami ADBI Working Paper (738) 2017
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Impact of Trade Liberalization on Growth and Poverty: The Case of Mongolia, Enerelt Murakami Journal of Rural Economics Special Issue 2013 49-56 2014 [Refereed]
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Efficiency and Productivity of the Mongolian Livestock Sector in an Open Economy, Enerelt Murakami Economics Bulletin 33(4) 2617-2626 2013 [Refereed]
Research Grants & Projects
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The impact of financial literacy on remittance decisions in transnational households: The case of Mongolian migrants in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientist Project Year: 2019 - 2021 Investigator(s): Enerelt Murakami