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Gender, Power, and Emigration From Mexico.
Jenna Nobles1, Christopher McKelvey2
1Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4456 Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA. jnobles@ssc.wisc.edu.
Demography
|June 24, 2015
Summary
Women's household decision-making power significantly influences migration patterns. Increased female control over resources reduces the likelihood of male partners migrating, challenging traditional household migration models.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Economics
- Demography
Background:
- Traditional migration models assume unified household decision-making.
- Ethnographic research highlights gender disparities and differing migration values within families.
- Existing studies may underrepresent women's roles in migration decisions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the influence of women's decision-making authority and resource control on migration.
- To challenge the prevailing risk-diversifying household model of migration.
- To analyze gender differences in the valuation of migration.
Main Methods:
- Utilized longitudinal survey data from Mexico to assess household heterogeneity.
- Employed data from a policy experiment to establish causality.
- Analyzed the relationship between women's control over resources and male partner emigration.
Main Results:
- Mexican households exhibit significant variation in women's decision-making power and resource control.
- Increased female control over resources is linked to a decreased probability of male spousal migration.
- Staying in the home country is more likely when women have greater household authority.
Conclusions:
- Findings support the existence of gender differences in how migration is valued.
- Women's roles and decision-making power are crucial, yet often underrepresented, factors in migration studies.
- Household resource control, not just resource levels, influences migration decisions, with policy implications for developing countries.
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