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  • Title: Micro determinants of female migration in a developing country: labor market, demographic marriage market and economic marriage market incentives.
    Author: Behrman JR, Wolfe BL.
    Journal: Res Popul Econ; 1984; 5():137-66. PubMed ID: 12266410.
    Abstract:
    A micro study of inter-regional migration by women in Nicaragua is presented. The authors "explore three sets of migratory incentives: (1) labor market factors such as usually are emphasized; (2) 'demographic marriage market' considerations (i.e., the probability of having a male companion)...; and (3) 'economic marriage market' considerations (i.e., the expected earnings from a companion given regional labor market conditions and assortative mating)....[They] use estimates of expected outcomes in origin, destination and third regions--conditional upon the woman's characteristics and upon regional differences in labor and marriage markets--to explore the consistency of actual migratory flows with these three sets of migratory incentives." Data are from a sample of approximately 4,000 women aged 15-45 who were interviewed in 1977-1978.
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