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11-28-2007, 02:40 PM
The World Bank has just released a study on female migration and its effect on development. The Dominican Republic leads in the Caribbean in female migration. Andrew Morrison, lead economist at the World Bank's Gender Group says that women international migrants have increased to approximately 95 million women today. "The International Migration of Women, edited by economists Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjoblom points out that between 1960 and 2005, female migration has increased from 46.7% to 49.6%.
The report indicates that the share of women migrating for employment rather than family reasons has increased over time, though their performance in host countries' labor markets varies significantly according to country of origin. Women migrants working in the US from the Caribbean, East Asia, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa have higher labor force participation than those from South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Furthermore, it indicates that among developing countries, women from South Africa, Jamaica and India have the highest salaries while those from Colombia, the DR and Cuba are the least successful, highlighting the importance of language skills for labor market performance.
See http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/... (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,contentMDK:21542651~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:336868,00.html)
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The report indicates that the share of women migrating for employment rather than family reasons has increased over time, though their performance in host countries' labor markets varies significantly according to country of origin. Women migrants working in the US from the Caribbean, East Asia, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa have higher labor force participation than those from South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Furthermore, it indicates that among developing countries, women from South Africa, Jamaica and India have the highest salaries while those from Colombia, the DR and Cuba are the least successful, highlighting the importance of language skills for labor market performance.
See http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/... (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,contentMDK:21542651~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:336868,00.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)