Women's Rights and the Gender Migration Gap

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This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap (GMG) using data on 158 origin and 37 destination countries over the period 1961-2019. We estimate a gravity equation derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces female emigration relative to that of men. In line with our theoretical model, this average effect is driven by higher-income countries. In contrast, increased gender equality in rights reduces the GMG in lower-income countries by facilitating female emigration.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ILE Working Paper Series ; No. 67

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Discrimination ; Human Rights Law; Gender Law ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
• Thema: Discrimination ; Gender equality ; Individual rights ; Migration ; RUM model

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gutmann, Jerg ; Marchal, Léa ; Simsek, Betül
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE)
• (wo): Hamburg
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267917
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ