Migration scholars agree that migration is a highly gendered process. While the literature on this topic is increasing, the knowledge produced remains fragmentary and has not been synthesized systematically yet. This literature review aims at summarizing the current findings of quantitative migration research comparing migration patterns between genders and highlighting gaps and patterns in the literature over time. Following a reproducible and systematic approach, 6032 articles have been scanned and 170 were considered for in‐depth content analysis. The review of the literature revealed that women have a lower propensity than men to realize their migration aspirations conditional on migration intentions. Moreover, many articles analyzing migration flows by gender do not support the common narrative of a feminization of migration. Finally, evidence from the migration literature supports the assumption that migrant women experience a double burden of discrimination in the destination country labor market based on their gender and their migration status. It becomes apparent that gender‐based comparisons between migration outcomes have received the most attention in the literature followed by the comparison of determinants. The stage of the journey received only little attention. This literature review also focuses on the data sources used to produce our knowledge on gender differences in the migration process. Thereby, it stands out that the majority of papers rely on survey data for the analysis. Digital trace data are a promising source for gender‐disaggregated data and can potentially complement the scarce aggregate migration data landscape.

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移民过程中的性别差异：叙事性文献综述


移民学者一致认为，移民是一个高度性别化的过程。虽然关于这个主题的文献正在增加，但产生的知识仍然是零碎的，尚未被系统地综合。本文献综述旨在总结定量移民研究的当前结果，比较性别之间的迁移模式，并强调文献中随时间变化的差距和模式。遵循可重复和系统的方法，已经扫描了 6032 篇文章，并考虑了 170 篇文章进行深入的内容分析。文献回顾显示，女性以迁移意图为条件实现其移民愿望的倾向低于男性。此外，许多按性别分析移民流动的文章并不支持移民女性化的常见叙述。最后，来自移民文献的证据支持这样一个假设，即移民妇女在目的地国的劳动力市场上承受着基于性别和移民身份的双重歧视负担。很明显，移民结果之间基于性别的比较在文献中受到的关注最多，其次是决定因素的比较。旅程的阶段很少受到关注。本文献综述还侧重于用于产生我们对移民过程中性别差异的了解的数据源。因此，突出的是，大多数论文都依赖调查数据进行分析。数字追踪数据是按性别分列的数据的一个有前途的来源，并有可能补充稀缺的汇总迁移数据格局。