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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spelling	okr-10986-45112021-04-23T14:02:18Z The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal Lokshin, Michael Glinskaya, Elena 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 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. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2009-11-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4511 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article South Asia Nepal
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Lokshin, Michael Glinskaya, Elena The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
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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.
format	Journal Article
author	Lokshin, Michael Glinskaya, Elena
author_facet	Lokshin, Michael Glinskaya, Elena
author_sort	Lokshin, Michael
title	The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
title_short	The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
title_full	The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
title_fullStr	The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
title_sort	effect of male migration on employment patterns of women in nepal
publisher	World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4511
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The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal

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