Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation

Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan, where there is a large gender gap in labour force participation (LIP). We highlight the effects of two factors - international migration and education on the LIP decision and its gender gap. Using probit and de...

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Volume:	26
Main Author:	Abdulloev, Ilhom Gang, Ira N Yun, Myeong-Su
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	BASINGSTOKE PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD 01.09.2014
published in:	European journal of development research Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 509 - 526
ORCID:	0000-0003-3788-8798
Data of publication:	2014-09-01
ISSN:	0957-8811 1743-9728
EISSN:	1743-9728
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Development Studies Social Sciences labour force participation education DISCRIMINATION migration gender gap IDENTIFICATION Tajikistan
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2014 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS