Ban on female migrant workers: Skills-differentiated evidence from Sri Lanka

Bilesha Weeraratne

No wp-2021-44, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study examines the skills-differentiated impact of a restrictive female labour migration policy in Sri Lanka using monthly departure data from 2012 to 2018 in a difference-in-difference model. The policy has resulted in decreasing departures among lower-skilled groups—female domestic, unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers—and increasing departures among middle-level and professional workers.

Keywords: Labour migration; Employment; Women; Difference-in-differences; Skills; Migrant workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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