Exposure to Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Implications for Gender

Exposure to remittance, or the benefits of remittances, is a new concept introduced to the scholarship of migration studies, and within this broad concept there are also important gender dimensions. Women constitute around half of the total international migration flow in today’s world; however, the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of international migration and integration 2013-08, Vol.14 (3), p.475-492
Main Author: Ullah, A. K. M. Ahsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Bangladesh
Conceptualization
Demography
Economic crisis
Exposure
Females
Gender
Geographic Mobility
Income
International
International finance
International migration
Males
Migration
Payments
Personal finance
Philippines
Population Economics
Remittances
Respondents
Scholarships
Sex
Social Sciences
Sociology
Sri Lanka
Studies
Thailand
Transnationalism
Women
Workers
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Exposure to remittance, or the benefits of remittances, is a new concept introduced to the scholarship of migration studies, and within this broad concept there are also important gender dimensions. Women constitute around half of the total international migration flow in today’s world; however, the amount of the remittance that they are exposed to is considerably lower than that of males. This paper argues that although females remit a higher proportion of their income than men, they enjoy less ‘exposure to remittance’ than men. One hundred one respondents (remitters and receivers) were interviewed using an open and closed ended questionnaire from seven selected countries in Asia. Conceptualization of ‘exposure to remittance’ has been made with empirical support. The level of exposure depends on a respective country’s social and cultural milieu. Females in Bangladesh ( P  
ISSN:1488-3473
1874-6365
DOI:10.1007/s12134-012-0250-8