Gender Differences between Mexican Migration to the United States and Paraguayan Migration to Argentina

Bibliographic Data

ID5742011
AuthorsMarcela Cerrutti (0000-0002-1095-3935, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research), Magalí Gaudio (Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento/IDES)
Year2010
Volume630
Issue1
Pages93-113
Publication date2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716210368105
OpenAlexW2147282939
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited9

This article deals with the issue of gender and migration in a comparative manner. It aims at identifying factors that affect the gender composition of migratory streams, including family formation and children. It compares two contrasting streams: Mexican migration to the United States, which has traditionally been male-dominated; and Paraguayan migration to Argentina, which comprises a larger proportion of women with patterns of migration relatively similar to those of their male counterparts. Using quantitative information from the Mexican Migration Project and the Paraguayan Migration Survey, and qualitative in-depth interviews, the authors examine differences in patterns of migration and the factors associated with them. The article concludes that differences are due mainly to historical traits in the initiation of the flows, the economic and social role of women in each sending country, migration policies and border controls, and the contexts of reception (resource opportunities

Affect (linguistics) · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Human migration · Internal migration · Political science · Population · Qualitative property · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights

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