Resilience against the Pandemic: the Impact of COVID-19 on Migration and Household Welfare in Tajikistan
Journal: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Year: 2021

Tajikistan’s economy hinges heavily on remittance inflows mainly from Russia that have exceeded a quarter of annual GDP in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have adverse effects on the economy through damage to migration and remittances. We use a unique monthly household panel dataset that covers the period both before and after the outbreak to examine the impacts of COVID-19 on a variety of household welfare outcomes. We provide several brand-new findings. First, the adverse effe