"As the boundaries between nations become more permeable, women are increasingly on the move, travelling from poor …

Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia … importation": the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage … for educated women. We provide empirical evidence supporting our theoretical model and its implications, using datasets …

, in the access of women to migration opportunities and decision making. The context of the analysis is Albania, a natural …

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …

increasing presence of first mover migrant women (coming from Latin America and Eastern Europe) is associated with higher …