Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267917 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ILE Working Paper Series No. 67
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg
Abstract: 
This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap (GMG) using data on 158 origin and 37 destination countries over the period 1961-2019. We estimate a gravity equation derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces female emigration relative to that of men. In line with our theoretical model, this average effect is driven by higher-income countries. In contrast, increased gender equality in rights reduces the GMG in lower-income countries by facilitating female emigration.
Subjects: 
Discrimination
Gender equality
Individual rights
Migration
RUM model
JEL: 
F22
J16
J71
K38
O15
P48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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