, international family migration remains an understudied field. This article provides an overview of the literature on gender and … of individual migration and can gain from incorporating gender-theories and the recent developments in household models. …Most migration decisions are not made by isolated individuals but by families or entire households. However …

's agency to make or otherwise influence migration decisions. These two constraining effects on the female share in migrant … powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the …There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue …