The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal

This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood met...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Glinskaya, Elena
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-69172021-04-23T14:02:32Z The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal Lokshin, Michael Glinskaya, Elena ADULT MEN ADULT WOMEN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD REARING COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DEMOGRAPHY DESCRIPTION ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY LABOR FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE HEADS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FEMINISTS FERTILITY GENDER GENDER APPROACH GENDER ASPECTS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER RELATIONS GENDERS GIRLS HOME HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS IDENTITY ILLITERACY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MIGRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY RATES MALE MIGRANTS MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DECISIONS MIGRATION PROCESS MIGRATION STATUS MOBILITY MOTHER NORMS OCCUPATIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PATRIARCHY PENSIONS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RELIGION REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SINGLE WOMEN SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIETY SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE SPOUSE SPOUSES STATE POLICY STATUS OF WOMEN STD SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE TABOO TEMPORARY MIGRATION TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNDP UNITED NATIONS URBAN AREAS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN WORKERS WORKING WOMEN YOUTH This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that could simultaneously affect males' decision to migrate and females' decision to participate in the labor market. The results indicate that male migration for work has a negative impact on the level of market work participation by the women left behind. The authors find evidence of substantial heterogeneity (based both on observable and unobservable characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important gender dimension of the impact of predominantly male worker migration on the wellbeing of sending households. The authors argue that strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration dynamics. 2012-06-01T19:23:51Z 2012-06-01T19:23:51Z 2008-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9955454/effect-male-migration-work-employment-patterns-females-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6917 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4757 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Nepal
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topic ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMEN
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
BULLETIN
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILD REARING
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
DEMOGRAPHY
DESCRIPTION
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNICITY
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY LABOR
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE LITERACY
FEMALES
FEMINISTS
FERTILITY
GENDER
GENDER APPROACH
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDERS
GIRLS
HOME
HOST COUNTRY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
IDENTITY
ILLITERACY
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRANTS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR MIGRATION
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAWS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY RATES
MALE MIGRANTS
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION DECISIONS
MIGRATION PROCESS
MIGRATION STATUS
MOBILITY
MOTHER
NORMS
OCCUPATIONS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PATRIARCHY
PENSIONS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION CENSUS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
RELIGION
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL WOMEN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SINGLE WOMEN
SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY
SON PREFERENCE
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
STATE POLICY
STATUS OF WOMEN
STD
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
TABOO
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TRADITIONAL FAMILY
UNDP
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN AREAS
WIFE
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKING WOMEN
YOUTH
spellingShingle ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMEN
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
BULLETIN
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILD REARING
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
DEMOGRAPHY
DESCRIPTION
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNICITY
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY LABOR
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE LITERACY
FEMALES
FEMINISTS
FERTILITY
GENDER
GENDER APPROACH
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDERS
GIRLS
HOME
HOST COUNTRY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
IDENTITY
ILLITERACY
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRANTS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR MIGRATION
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAWS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY RATES
MALE MIGRANTS
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION DECISIONS
MIGRATION PROCESS
MIGRATION STATUS
MOBILITY
MOTHER
NORMS
OCCUPATIONS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PATRIARCHY
PENSIONS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION CENSUS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
RELIGION
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL WOMEN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SINGLE WOMEN
SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY
SON PREFERENCE
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
STATE POLICY
STATUS OF WOMEN
STD
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
TABOO
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TRADITIONAL FAMILY
UNDP
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN AREAS
WIFE
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKING WOMEN
YOUTH
Lokshin, Michael
Glinskaya, Elena
The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
geographic_facet South Asia
Nepal
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4757
description This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that could simultaneously affect males' decision to migrate and females' decision to participate in the labor market. The results indicate that male migration for work has a negative impact on the level of market work participation by the women left behind. The authors find evidence of substantial heterogeneity (based both on observable and unobservable characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important gender dimension of the impact of predominantly male worker migration on the wellbeing of sending households. The authors argue that strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration dynamics.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lokshin, Michael
Glinskaya, Elena
author_facet Lokshin, Michael
Glinskaya, Elena
author_sort Lokshin, Michael
title The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
title_short The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
title_full The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
title_fullStr The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal
title_sort effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in nepal
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9955454/effect-male-migration-work-employment-patterns-females-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6917
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