Question

What are the main factors that influence Women’s Labor Migration?

Answer 1

The factors that impact the Women’s Labor Migration are discussed as below:

-- Lack of an employment opportunities, aspirations for a better life and huge disparities in rates of wages among the origin and destination nations strongly influence women to migrate to nations that offer high earnings

-- National policies in a nation of origin also induce the women labor's mobility. The rules enacted for the protection of women from exploitation usually prevent women’s labor participation in migration, or it may influence them on migrating using informal channels

-- The migration culture and position of women in the sending community and overarching the norms that impacts the women’s influence to access the migration opportunities and their ability on taking the autonomous decisions.

-- The improvement of export-oriented sectors where women has a comparative advantage compared to men often causes a rise in the migration of women in both the formal as well as informal sectors

-- Increased demand for domestic workers in the destination country induced women workers to migrate to these countries