2014
DOI: 10.2753/ijs0020-7659440302
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Does Gender Ideology Matter in Migration?

Abstract: This article analyzes how patriarchal gender ideology, economic imperatives, and individual agency influence men's and women's migration decisions in the Republic of Georgia. Research on labor migration demonstrates both the empowering potential of migration for women and the tenacity of patriarchal norms and structures. These contradictory findings can be explained in part by differences in the households of origin of female migrants. Drawing on both a national survey of migration and thirty-four interviews w… Show more

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“…A greater understanding of the ways in which women who are particularly vulnerable related to the migration process is needed to reduce the insecurities and provide women with a safer context ( Freedman, 2012 ). In a similar study, Hofmann (2014) states that women, and particularly mothers, experience more practical constraints than men who decide to migrate for economic reasons.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A greater understanding of the ways in which women who are particularly vulnerable related to the migration process is needed to reduce the insecurities and provide women with a safer context ( Freedman, 2012 ). In a similar study, Hofmann (2014) states that women, and particularly mothers, experience more practical constraints than men who decide to migrate for economic reasons.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cultures are never monolithic, and individual practices may differ substantially from those prescribed by societal norms. Nonconformity with dominant gender norms can be an important factor in the decision to migrate (Hofmann, 2014). Women seeking more egalitarian gender norms, women with a strong motivation to work, and women forced to work to provide for their family or compelled by other circumstances are thus subsets of immigrant women where the association between origin-country gender norms and postmigration outcomes might diverge from the general pattern (He and Gerber, 2020).…”
Section: Selectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition to these observed factors, migrants may also be selected on unobserved characteristics. For example, gender ideology could influence who selects into migration, with more egalitarian-oriented individuals more likely to select into labor migration (He and Gerber 2020; Hofmann 2014). Taken together, selection on observed and unobserved factors could mean that migrants have different fertility behaviors than do women in origin countries (Hervitz 1985; Lindstrom and Giorguli Saucedo 2002; Milewski 2007).…”
Section: International Migration From Higher To Lower Fertility Setti...mentioning
confidence: 99%