a role for gender and social networks?
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2001
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Curran, Sara R.
- Creator
- Saguy, Abigail C.
- Thesaurus
- migratie, gender, relaties, netwerken, inkomen, wereld
- Description
- Recent research on migration, gender and remittances show distinct and disparate behaviors and practices that raise a number of questions and suggest the need for a more complete theory of migration that incorporates notions of cultural dynamics as they relate to behavior and societal outcomes. Men save to take money home and women do not, instead investing in their new local environs and purchasing durable items. Although men and women are equally likely to migrate, women remit wages and gifts to their parents' home at a significantly higher rate, and are expected to do so. However, more recently there is some evidence that gendered remittance patterns are changing, where men are possibly remitting almost as much as women.