Gender dynamics in international migration and social networks

Aliakbar Akbaritabar, José Ignacio Carrasco Armijo and Athina Anastasiadou
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Aliakbar Akbaritabar: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
José Ignacio Carrasco Armijo: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Athina Anastasiadou: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2025-004, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: Reviews of migration theories start from more classical and deterministic views and follow with more recent developments that consider networks, cumulative causation, planned behaviour, agency, and aspiration/capability frameworks. One of the less discussed dimensions is gender differences in how one’s network affects their migration decision before, during, and after migration. In this chapter, we intend to provide an overview and critically delve into the literature discussing the network’s effect on international migration and show the underexplored dimension of gender differences. The chapter has an additional focus on a subset of the highly-skilled population i.e., the case of migration of scholars, and is concluded by avenues for future research.

Keywords: Global; World; computational demography; computational social science; gender; internal migration; international migration; network; sex; social network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2025
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-int, nep-mig and nep-soc
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2025-004

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