Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany

There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue that women’s economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place like Germany that is far away and difficult to reach. Firs...

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Autores principales:	Neumayer Eric, Plümper Thomas
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	migration economic rights gender resources agency f22 k37 o15 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 City population. Including children in cities, immigration HT201-221
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/4420158d4330431188b1acfaf5099d0a
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4420158d4330431188b1acfaf5099d0a2021-12-05T14:11:08ZWomen’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany2520-178610.2478/izajodm-2021-0013https://doaj.org/article/4420158d4330431188b1acfaf5099d0a2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0013https://doaj.org/toc/2520-1786There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue that women’s economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place like Germany that is far away and difficult to reach. First, the lower are women’s economic rights the fewer women have access to and control over the resources needed to migrate to Germany. Second, the lower are the rights the lower is women’s agency to make or otherwise influence migration decisions. These two constraining effects on the female share in migrant populations dominate the opposing third effect that stems from low levels of women’s economic rights generating a potentially powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the period 2009–2017.Neumayer EricPlümper ThomasSciendoarticlemigrationeconomic rightsgenderresourcesagencyf22k37o15Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationJV1-9480City population. Including children in cities, immigrationHT201-221ENIZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 36-53 (2021)
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spellingShingle	migration economic rights gender resources agency f22 k37 o15 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 City population. Including children in cities, immigration HT201-221 Neumayer Eric Plümper Thomas Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany
description	There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue that women’s economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place like Germany that is far away and difficult to reach. First, the lower are women’s economic rights the fewer women have access to and control over the resources needed to migrate to Germany. Second, the lower are the rights the lower is women’s agency to make or otherwise influence migration decisions. These two constraining effects on the female share in migrant populations dominate the opposing third effect that stems from low levels of women’s economic rights generating a potentially powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the period 2009–2017.
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title	Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany
title_short	Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany
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title_fullStr	Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany
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Women’s economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany

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