title: Micro determinants of female migration in a developing country:  labor market, demographic marriage market and economic marriage market incentives.
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.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Behrman
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002489:Central America; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007843:Latin America; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D009527:Nicaragua; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Central America; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Labor Force; Latin America; Manpower Needs; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Migrants; Migration, Internal--determinants; Migration, Internal--women; Migration--determinants; Migration--women; Models, Theoretical; Motivation; Nicaragua; North America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status