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

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus 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...

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Social barriers to female migration : theory and evidence from Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2020

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Inter- and intra-marriage premiums revisited : it's probably who you are, not who you marry!

Nekby, Lena - 2010

intermarriage premiums are largely due to selection. -- intermarriage ; intra-marriage ; income ; immigration ; assimilation …For immigrants, intermarriage with natives is assumed to have an assimilating role due to the enhancement of local …; intermarriage to natives and intra-marriage with immigrants from home countries or other (non-Swedish) countries. A staggered fixed …

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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...

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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019

This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...

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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019

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Natives' gender norms and the labor market integration of female immigrants

Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian - 2023

Using data from the European Social Survey 2002-2020 covering immigrants in 25 European countries, this paper investigates the role of natives' gender norms in the labor market integration of female immigrants. To analyze the role of natives' gender norms, we exploit intertemporal,...

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Evaluating the impact of the Mariel Boatlift on women’s labor market outcomes : a synthetic difference-in-differences analysis

Wang, Yifan; Wang, Chunbei; Holmes, Chanita - 2025

Immigration continues to shape labor market dynamics, yet its gender-specific effects remain understudied. This study …-educated women experiencing adverse effects. These findings provide new evidence that immigration shocks can have broad and …

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What explains the growing gender education gap? : the effects of parental background, the labor market and the marriage market on college attainment

Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Keane, Michael P.; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2023

In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. But in more recent cohorts, women graduate at much higher rates than men. To understand the emerging gender education gap, we formulate and estimate a model of...

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

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2019

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129346