Is There a Gender Gap in Health among Migrants in Russia?

Sandra Pellet and Marine de Talancé ()
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Marine de Talancé: ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, LEDA-DIAL - Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation - LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This study investigates whether there is a gender gap in health among migrants. Focusing on migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in Russia, where there are high levels of both immigration and gender inequality, this paper exploits unique data collected by the authors recording detailed information on health and migration trajectories. We find that migrant women are on average in poorer health than migrant men. This gender gap is only partly explained by gender differences in observed socioeconomic, demographic, living and working characteristics and differences in pre-migration health. We show that migrant women's health is more likely than men's to deteriorate during migration. This women's health disadvantage is sensitive to the migration profile, as it only appears after a certain time spent migrating and for migrants with a vulnerable legal status. These results call for targeted public health policies to address this gender health gap.

Keywords: Migration internationale; Santé; Genre (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-25
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Published in The Journal of Development Studies, 2023, 59 (12), pp.1927-1948. ⟨10.1080/00220388.2023.2253986⟩

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Journal Article: Is There a Gender Gap in Health among Migrants in Russia? (2023)
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2023.2253986

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