Outmigration has become an alternative source of employment for millions of South Asian men and women unable to find jobs in their own countries. In a nascent area of study that looks at how migrants absorb and transmit social norms, research supported by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab finds that Keralan migrants returning from Saudi Arabia tend to express more conservative gender attitudes and greater tolerance for violence against women in comparison with those who have no migration experience. Read more.
Blog » Beyond Money: Does Migration Experience Transfer Gender Norms? Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India (2022)
Beyond Money: Does Migration Experience Transfer Gender Norms? Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India (2022)
Outmigration has become an alternative source of employment for millions of South Asian men and women unable to find jobs in their own countries. In a nascent area of study that looks at how migrants absorb and transmit social norms, research supported by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab finds that Keralan migrants returning from Saudi Arabia tend to express more conservative gender attitudes and greater tolerance for violence against women in comparison with those who have no migration experience. Read more.