Love in motion

Migration patterns of internationally mobile couples

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12789249
AutoresM Erlinghagen (0000-0002-1405-7732, University of Duisburg-Essen, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen27
Número2
Fecha de publicación2020-09-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Space and Place (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1544-8444 • E-ISSN: 1544-8452
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/psp.2382
OpenAlexW3087050091
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas77

This paper presents an investigation of the migration pattern of internationally mobile couples using data from the first wave of the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS). GERPS provides information on more than 5,000 couples from which at least one spouse has recently emigrated from Germany or has recently remigrated to Germany. The analyses are theoretically framed by the so‐called trailing wife hypothesis that suggests a clear, gender‐related migration pattern following traditional gender roles. Because most research deals with internal migration, we extend understanding of these topics by investigating international migration. The results of multinomial logistic regressions provide clear evidence for the trailing wife hypothesis but only with regard to couples' timing of emigration. In contrast, women have a higher propensity to become the leading spouse when it comes to remigration. These results contribute to the ongoing debate about tied movers and family‐related inequalities in migration

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Emigration · Geography · German · Internal migration · Longitudinal data · Political science · Population · Sociology · Spouse · Wife · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges