A critical revision of migratory theories from the point of view of gender

Abstract

The present article criticises, from a gender perspective, the most important migration theories introduced in the literature before the 1970's and analyses the two factors introduced in migration studies that take the gender perspective: determinants and the decision process. Out of the former, those that affect the person who migrates in the most general way, that is to say the macro, are analysed first. After, those that affect migrants most directly, the micro, are treated. On the other hand, the literature on the decision process is reviewed, stressing the importance of considering the different levels of power that family women have within it. Finally, the article introduces multilevel models, those that combine all these factors.