International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania

This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards M...

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Main Authors: Mendola, Mariapia, Carletto, Gero
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADULT WOMEN
AGE GROUPS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE COSTS
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
CONTROL OVER RESOURCES
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
CREDIT ACCESS
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CULTURAL NORMS
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISABLED
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EARNING
EARNING CAPACITY
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC CHANGES
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ECONOMIC STATUS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERN
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT RATE
EMPLOYMENT RATES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPOWERMENT
EXCLUSION
EXCLUSION RESTRICTION
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTENDED FAMILY
EXTERNAL MIGRATION
FAMILIES
FAMILY DECISION
FAMILY FARM
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY REUNIFICATION
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FEMALE CHILDREN
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE POPULATION
FEMALE WAGE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE WORK
FERTILITY
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN LABOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER BIAS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDER SPECIFIC
GROUP OF WOMEN
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
HOME LABOR
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILLNESS
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INFLOW OF REMITTANCES
INFORMAL LABOR MARKET
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
JOB STATUS
JOBS
LABOR COMPENSATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET IMPACT
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET SITUATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SUPPLIES
LABOR SUPPLY
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARITAL STATUS
MARKET CONSTRAINTS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET WAGE
MARKET WAGES
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION DECISIONS
MIGRATION EXPERIENCE
MIGRATION FLOWS
MIGRATION PROCESS
MIGRATION STATUS
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
NEW MARKET
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER WOMEN
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PAID WORKER
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PENSIONS
PERMANENT JOB
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
PREVIOUS JOB
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
RECEIPT
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT
RENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RETIREMENT
RETURNEES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SELF EMPLOYED
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIOLOGISTS
SPOUSE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TEMPORARY MIGRANTS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNPAID WORKERS
URBAN POVERTY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WOMAN
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKING WOMEN
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADULT WOMEN
AGE GROUPS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE COSTS
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
CONTROL OVER RESOURCES
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
CREDIT ACCESS
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CULTURAL NORMS
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISABLED
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EARNING
EARNING CAPACITY
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC CHANGES
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ECONOMIC STATUS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERN
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT RATE
EMPLOYMENT RATES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPOWERMENT
EXCLUSION
EXCLUSION RESTRICTION
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTENDED FAMILY
EXTERNAL MIGRATION
FAMILIES
FAMILY DECISION
FAMILY FARM
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY REUNIFICATION
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FEMALE CHILDREN
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE POPULATION
FEMALE WAGE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE WORK
FERTILITY
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN LABOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER BIAS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDER SPECIFIC
GROUP OF WOMEN
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
HOME LABOR
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILLNESS
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INFLOW OF REMITTANCES
INFORMAL LABOR MARKET
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
JOB STATUS
JOBS
LABOR COMPENSATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET IMPACT
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET SITUATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SUPPLIES
LABOR SUPPLY
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARITAL STATUS
MARKET CONSTRAINTS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET WAGE
MARKET WAGES
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION DECISIONS
MIGRATION EXPERIENCE
MIGRATION FLOWS
MIGRATION PROCESS
MIGRATION STATUS
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
NEW MARKET
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER WOMEN
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PAID WORKER
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PENSIONS
PERMANENT JOB
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
PREVIOUS JOB
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
RECEIPT
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT
RENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RETIREMENT
RETURNEES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SELF EMPLOYED
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIOLOGISTS
SPOUSE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TEMPORARY MIGRANTS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNPAID WORKERS
URBAN POVERTY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WOMAN
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKING WOMEN
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
Mendola, Mariapia
Carletto, Gero
International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia
Europe
Eastern Europe
Albania
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4900
description This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards Measurement Study survey, the authors find that male and female labor supplies respond differently to the current and past migration episodes of household members. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of migration and for the income (remittances) effect, the estimates show that having a migrant abroad decreases female paid labor supply and increases unpaid work. However, women with past family migration experience are significantly more likely to engage in self-employment and less likely to supply unpaid work. The same relationships do not hold for men. These findings suggest that over time male-dominated Albanian migration may lead to women's empowerment in access to income-earning opportunities at the origin.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Mendola, Mariapia
Carletto, Gero
author_facet Mendola, Mariapia
Carletto, Gero
author_sort Mendola, Mariapia
title International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
title_short International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
title_full International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
title_fullStr International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
title_full_unstemmed International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania
title_sort international migration and gender differentials in the home labor market : evidence from albania
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090414093427
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4094
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spelling okr-10986-40942021-04-23T14:02:15Z International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market : Evidence from Albania Mendola, Mariapia Carletto, Gero ACCOUNTING ADULT WOMEN AGE GROUPS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CHILD CARE CHILD CARE COSTS CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONTROL OVER RESOURCES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CULTURAL NORMS DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABLED DISADVANTAGED GROUPS EARNING EARNING CAPACITY EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PATTERN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT EXCLUSION EXCLUSION RESTRICTION EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTERNAL MIGRATION FAMILIES FAMILY DECISION FAMILY FARM FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE POPULATION FEMALE WAGE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE WORK FERTILITY FIXED COSTS FOREIGN LABOR FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER GENDER ASPECTS GENDER BIAS GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER RELATIONS GENDER SPECIFIC GROUP OF WOMEN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HOME LABOR HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS ILLNESS IMPACT OF MIGRATION INFLOW OF REMITTANCES INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR COMPENSATION LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLIES LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MARKET CONSTRAINTS MARKET ECONOMY MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANTS MIGRATION DECISIONS MIGRATION EXPERIENCE MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PROCESS MIGRATION STATUS MODERNIZATION NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NEW MARKET NUMBER OF CHILDREN OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITY COSTS PAID WORKER PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN PENSIONS PERMANENT JOB PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PREVIOUS JOB PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT RECEIPT REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETIREMENT RETURNEES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF EMPLOYED SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOLOGISTS SPOUSE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS URBAN POVERTY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WOMAN WORK FORCE WORKER WORKING WOMEN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards Measurement Study survey, the authors find that male and female labor supplies respond differently to the current and past migration episodes of household members. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of migration and for the income (remittances) effect, the estimates show that having a migrant abroad decreases female paid labor supply and increases unpaid work. However, women with past family migration experience are significantly more likely to engage in self-employment and less likely to supply unpaid work. The same relationships do not hold for men. These findings suggest that over time male-dominated Albanian migration may lead to women's empowerment in access to income-earning opportunities at the origin. 2012-03-19T19:09:53Z 2012-03-19T19:09:53Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090414093427 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4094 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4900 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Albania