Tag: household

Men’s Migration and Women’s Lives: Evidence from Nepal

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By Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar With over 272 million individuals living outside their countries of birth, migration has become one of the most salient features of our times. Much of the literature on migration focuses on the economic benefits of remittances sent home by these migrants. As of 2018, remittances amounted to USD 689 billion and […]

Tags: gender roles, household, migration, nepal, pratistha, pratistha joshi rajkarnikar, social structures, transnational, women

New article published in Feminist Economics, “Female Headship and Women’s Work in Nepal”

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Studies on feminization of poverty have tended to homogenize female-headed households. This article presents a mixed methods approach disaggregating the experiences of female-headed households in the post-conflict period in Nepal. One of four households in Nepal is estimated to be female-headed, either as a result of conflict-related male deaths (de jure, or widow heads) or […]

Tags: decision making, gender, household, nepal, pratistha joshi rajkarnikar, Rajkarnikar, ramnarain, smita ramnarain