Patterned remittances enhance women's health-related autonomy.

ABSTRACT: The consequences for women "left behind" by virtue of temporary male migration are mixed. On the one hand, concomitant changes in fertility, participation in the labor force, and social norms are often associated with increased independence for women. On the other hand, women left behind can be vulnerable to increased dependency on members of their husbands' family or face limited access to social institutions. These shifts in women's capacity for decision making can have important implications for their health and well-being. Focusing on the state of Kerala in southern India, we examine the conditions under which the remittances that migrants send home have an impact on the health of women left behind. Specifically, we assess the extent to which the timing of remittance sending can suppor

SUBMITTER: Green SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature