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Ban on female migrant workers: Skills-differentiated evidence from Sri Lanka

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  • Bilesha Weeraratne

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This study examines the skills-differentiated impact of a restrictive female labour migration policy in Sri Lanka using monthly departure data from 2012 to 2018 in a difference-in-difference model. The policy has resulted in decreasing departures among lower-skilled groups—female domestic, unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers—and increasing departures among middle-level and professional workers.

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  • Bilesha Weeraratne, 2021. "Ban on female migrant workers: Skills-differentiated evidence from Sri Lanka," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-44, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2021-44
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    Keywords

    Labour migration; Employment; Women; Difference-in-differences; Skills; Migrant workers;
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