Marriage, work, and migration: The role of infrastructure development and gender norms

Amrit Amirapu, M Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj

No wp-2019-92, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to engage in long-distance migration—if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating grooms. Guided by a model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be inextricably linked by the possibility of marital migration.

Keywords: Migration; Marriage markets; Female labour force participation; Gender norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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