Rakhmonov A.Kh., Ledeneva V.Yu., Akramov Sh.Yu. Contribution of Tajik Labor Migrants to the Economy of OECD Countries and Tajikistan. Bulletin of Moscow Region State University. Series: Economics, 2023. No. 2. Pp. 35–47.

Abstract

Aim. To identify the channels and scale of emigration from Tajikistan to the OECD countries, as well as to determine the contribution of Tajik emigrants to the economy of Tajikistan and the OECD countries. Methodology. During the research two methods were used: 1) the economic and statistical method; 2) the method of conducting interviews with experts. Results. The article discusses the scale of emigration from Tajikistan to the EERS countries, internal and external factors that caused the reorientation of the flow of labor migrants from Tajikistan to a new direction - the OECD countries in the mid–2010s. As well as the economic contribution of labor migration from Tajikistan to the economy of the host countries by the method of assessing wages in GDP and to the economy of Tajikistan itself by the method of assessing the contribution of remittances to GDP. Research implications. The conducted research expands the idea of emigration from Tajikistan to a new direction of the OECD country. The practical significance of the study is that certain provisions of the work can be used in the work of the authorities of the Republic of Tajikistan, the OECD countries, as well as the Russian Federation, when making decisions regarding labor migration and some other areas of the economy.