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The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal

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dc.creator Lokshin, Michael
dc.creator Glinskaya, Elena
dc.date 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date 2009-11-30
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-18T19:41:40Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-18T19:41:40Z
dc.identifier World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier 1564-698X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4511
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249996
dc.description What is the impact of male migration on the labor market behavior of women in Nepal? The instrumental variable full information maximum likelihood method is applied to data from the 2004 Nepal Household Survey to account for unobserved factors that could simultaneously affect men's decision to migrate and women's decision to participate in the labor market. The results indicate that male migration has a negative impact on the level of the labor market participation by women in the migrant-sending household. There is evidence of substantial heterogeneity (based on both observable and unobservable characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important gender dimension of the impact of predominantly male migration on the well-being of sending households. Strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration dynamics.
dc.publisher World Bank
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights World Bank
dc.subject economic growth
dc.subject economic inequality
dc.subject employment opportunities
dc.subject human development
dc.subject husbands
dc.subject impact of migration
dc.subject international migration
dc.subject labor force
dc.subject labor market
dc.subject labor supply
dc.subject migrant
dc.subject migrants
dc.subject migration
dc.subject opportunities for women
dc.subject remittances
dc.subject school attendance
dc.subject spouses
dc.subject taboo
dc.subject traditional family
dc.title The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
dc.type Journal Article
dc.type Journal Article
dc.coverage South Asia
dc.coverage Nepal


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