New publication: Hridaya Raj Devkota, Bishnu Bhandari, Pratik Adhikary (2021). Perceived mental health, wellbeing and associated factors among Nepali male migrant and non-migrant workers: A qualitative study.
Background Poor mental health and illness among the working population have serious socioeconomic and public health consequences for both the individual and society/country. With a dramatic increase in work migration…
New Publication: Ghimire, Dirgha, Yang Zhang, and Nathalie Williams. 2021. “Husbands’ migration: increased burden on or more autonomy for wives left behind?”
Migration of men has important influences on reshaping family and gender roles in left-behind wives. However, it is unclear whether husbands’ out-migration increases the burden on or creates autonomy for…
New Publication: Ghimire, Dirgha, William G. Axinn, and Prem Bhandari. 2021. “Social Change, Out-migration, and Exit from Farming in Nepal.”
Though international out-migration is widespread, little evidence exists regarding the consequences for economic change in sending countries, particularly in the densely populated agricultural areas of Asia. We examine associations between…