The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan
Using primary survey data collected in Tajikistan, Nepal and Senegal, three countries with high male outmigration rates, this study analyzes the impacts of migration on the empowerment of women who remain in rural areas. The study uses indicators from the Abbreviate Women’s Empowerment in Agricultur...
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| author | Slavchevska, Vanya Hillesland, Marya Mane, Erdgin Doss, Cheryl |
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| description | Using primary survey data collected in Tajikistan, Nepal and Senegal, three countries with high male outmigration rates, this study analyzes the impacts of migration on the empowerment of women who remain in rural areas. The study uses indicators from the Abbreviate Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI) to measure women’s empowerment in five domains (decision-making autonomy around agricultural production, resources, control over income, group membership and workload) and instrumental variable approaches to address the endogeneity between the migration of a family member and women’s empowerment. It finds that male outmigration leads to women’s empowerment in agriculture in some domains and disempowerment in others. In Tajikistan, where women start with low levels of empowerment, women in households with a migrant are more likely to be involved in decisions in productive activities on the household farm, control income, own assets and achieve workload balance than women in non-migrant households. In Nepal and Senegal, women start at higher levels of empowerment and we see fewer differences in their empowerment based on whether they live in a migrant-sending household. The impacts of migration on empowerment depend on the context, whether the household receives remittances or owns land, and women’s position within the household. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1434662025-12-02T21:02:52Z The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan Slavchevska, Vanya Hillesland, Marya Mane, Erdgin Doss, Cheryl gender women's empowerment households urban areas rural urban migration decision making migration rural areas women Using primary survey data collected in Tajikistan, Nepal and Senegal, three countries with high male outmigration rates, this study analyzes the impacts of migration on the empowerment of women who remain in rural areas. The study uses indicators from the Abbreviate Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI) to measure women’s empowerment in five domains (decision-making autonomy around agricultural production, resources, control over income, group membership and workload) and instrumental variable approaches to address the endogeneity between the migration of a family member and women’s empowerment. It finds that male outmigration leads to women’s empowerment in agriculture in some domains and disempowerment in others. In Tajikistan, where women start with low levels of empowerment, women in households with a migrant are more likely to be involved in decisions in productive activities on the household farm, control income, own assets and achieve workload balance than women in non-migrant households. In Nepal and Senegal, women start at higher levels of empowerment and we see fewer differences in their empowerment based on whether they live in a migrant-sending household. The impacts of migration on empowerment depend on the context, whether the household receives remittances or owns land, and women’s position within the household. 2021-12-31 2024-05-22T12:14:20Z 2024-05-22T12:14:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143466 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Slavchevska, Vanya; Doss, Cheryl R.; Hillesland, Marya; and Mane, Erdgin. 2021. The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2099. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134969. |
| spellingShingle | gender women's empowerment households urban areas rural urban migration decision making migration rural areas women Slavchevska, Vanya Hillesland, Marya Mane, Erdgin Doss, Cheryl The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title | The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title_full | The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title_fullStr | The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title_short | The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan |
| title_sort | impacts of rural outmigration on women s empowerment evidence from nepal senegal and tajikistan |
| topic | gender women's empowerment households urban areas rural urban migration decision making migration rural areas women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143466 |
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