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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Glinskaya, Elena
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
economic growth
economic inequality
employment opportunities
human development
husbands
impact of migration
international migration
labor force
labor market
labor supply
migrant
migrants
migration
opportunities for women
remittances
school attendance
spouses
taboo
traditional family
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4511

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4511

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