A Multi-Country Dataset on Human Capital Quality, Institutional Trust, and Labor Market Participation in Central Asia: Evidence from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikista

This dataset provides a processed and harmonized micro-level audit of human capital assets, institutional trust, and labor market participation across a specific Central Asian cluster: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. The data was derived from the Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) IV and specifically filtered to include 3,068 observations relevant to transitional economic research. Key features of this dataset included:Harmonized Educational Metrics,Institutional Perceptions, Economic Outcomes and Demographic Controls. This dataset is designed for researchers in labor economics, institutional auditing, and social mobility studies. It facilitates the testing of the "Financial Return on Education" and and the role of social capital in transition economies.本数据集针对中亚特定集群（乌兹别克斯坦、哈萨克斯坦、塔吉克斯坦）内的人力资本资产、制度信任与劳动力市场参与情况，提供了经过处理与标准化整合的微观层面调研评估数据。 本数据源自转型期生活调查第四轮（Life in Transition Survey IV, LiTS IV），并经筛选保留了3068条与转型经济研究相关的观测样本。本数据集的核心特征包括：标准化教育指标、制度认知、经济结果变量与人口统计学控制变量。 本数据集面向劳动经济学、制度审计以及社会流动研究领域的科研人员。 可用于验证“教育经济回报率（Financial Return on Education）”以及社会资本在转型经济体中的作用。