Neet-Youth of Tajikistan and the Effect of Education and Family

The level of NEET (not in education, employment or training) – youth people who are not engaged to education or employment in Tajikistan is one of the highest – 39-41%. Using missed method approach this research will investigate main reasons that increase the level of NEET in Tajikistan.

Article aims to investigate factors affecting youth during their transition from education to work. The focus of the paper is NEET-youth NEET (not in education, employment or training) of Tajikistan, and main factors that lead young people to this category. Particularly, this paper aims to investigate the impact of family background and individual characteristics on NEET in Tajikistan of age 18-29. Data from large-scale retrospective survey of 2000 youth, which was conducted in 2017, is used. And, results will be compared with results from 2022.

Methods of regression analyses and Kaplan-Meier estimator are used to analyse data. Initial analyses showed that education has positive impact on labor market outcome and the effect is stronger for women. Family background has no significant impact on labor market outcome, but can increase level of education which decreases the NEET level. Educated parents have higher chances to have employed children.