Is Migration in Africa always a Household Decision? Consensus and Contestation in the Rural–Urban Migration Decisions of Ghanaian Women

IF 3.3 2区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Feminist Economics Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/13545701.2022.2042473
Lynda Pickbourn
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The dominant theoretical framework for analyzing migration in Africa rests on the assumption of cooperative intrahousehold decision making regarding the mobility of household members. This framework, applied to women’s migration, overlooks the varied decision-making processes underlying their mobility, and obscures their ability to act as purposeful agents in making decisions about migration. Drawing on a study of women’s rural–urban migration in Ghana, this article argues that women’s migration decisions exist on a continuum defined by the presence or absence of intrahousehold contestation and the degree of agency exercised by the migrants themselves. Consequently, household models of migration may not always be the appropriate theoretical framework for the analysis of women’s migration in this context. The findings presented have implications for economic analyses of women’s migration and remittances, for our understanding of migrant women’s capacity for agency, and for the design of effective policies to improve migration outcomes for women. HIGHLIGHTS The study directly elicits information from women about their migration decisions. Women’s migration is the outcome of complex decision-making processes. The dichotomy between household and individual models of migration ignores these complexities.
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非洲的移民总是由家庭决定的吗?加纳妇女城乡移民决策中的共识与争议
分析非洲移民的主要理论框架建立在关于家庭成员流动性的家庭内部合作决策的假设之上。这一框架适用于妇女移民,忽视了她们流动性背后的各种决策过程,并掩盖了她们作为有目的的代理人做出移民决策的能力。根据对加纳妇女农村-城市移民的研究,本文认为,妇女的移民决定存在于一个连续体上,该连续体由是否存在家庭内部竞争和移民自身行使的代理权程度来定义。因此,在这种情况下,家庭移徙模式可能并不总是分析妇女移徙的适当理论框架。所提出的调查结果对妇女移民和汇款的经济分析、我们对移民妇女的代理能力的理解以及制定有效政策以改善妇女移民成果都有影响。亮点这项研究直接从妇女那里获得了关于她们移民决定的信息。妇女移徙是复杂决策过程的结果。家庭和个人移民模式之间的二分法忽略了这些复杂性。
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期刊介绍: Feminist Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, the journal enlarges and enriches economic discourse. The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men. Feminist Economics: -Advances feminist inquiry into economic issues affecting the lives of children, women, and men -Examines the relationship between gender and power in the economy and the construction and legitimization of economic knowledge -Extends feminist theoretical, historical, and methodological contributions to economics and the economy -Offers feminist insights into the underlying constructs of the economics discipline and into the historical, political, and cultural context of economic knowledge -Provides a feminist rethinking of theory and policy in diverse fields, including those not directly related to gender -Stimulates discussions among diverse scholars worldwide and from a broad spectrum of intellectual traditions, welcoming cross-disciplinary and cross-country perspectives, especially from countries in the South
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