Gender dimension of migration decisions in Ghana: the reinforcing role of anticipated welfare of climatic effect

Abstract

The concept of migration has been a male phenomenon in time past, however, there has been a change in events as females are gradually gaining dominance in migration patterns in recent times. Using nationwide survey data this paper investigates the determinants of internal migration decisions for males and females in Ghana. We examined whether there is any significant differences in how climate elements together with anticipated welfare gains and socio-economic factors explain internal migration decision of males and females. We find some variations in the determinants of migration decisions for males and female, though these decisions are significantly affected by anticipated welfare gain, socio-economic factors and climate conditions. We observed that females respond more to climate or environmental elements than males. Moreover, the effect of climate on migration decisions for both males and females is reinforced by anticipated welfare gain.

Keywords

climate; environment; males; females; migration; Heckman two-stage; Ghana

Published in

International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics
2019, Volume: 9, number: 3, pages: 181-201 Publisher: INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD

SLU Authors

• Amuakwa Mensah, Franklin

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG5 Gender equality
SDG10 Reduced inequalities


UKÄ Subject classification

Gender Studies


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCEE.2019.10019510

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/103369