Migration of couples with non-employed and employed wives in the Netherlands

The Changing Effects of the Partners' Characteristics

Bibliographic Data

ID3637591
AuthorsJeroen Smits (0000-0002-5802-975X), Clara H Mulder (0000-0003-0152-2225), Pieter Hooimeijer (0000-0001-5072-6481)
Year2004
Volume30
Issue2
Pages283-301
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183042000200704
OpenAlexW2138007501
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited24

Data for 1977 and 1995/96 are used to study (changes in) the effects of the partners’ \nresources on long-distance migration of couples in the Netherlands. The analyses were \nperformed separately for couples with employed and with non-employed women. In 1977, \ncouples with non-employed women showed the classical pattern of family migration, with \nstrong effects of the human capital and labour market characteristics of the male and the \nfemales mostly using their power to prevent migration. The couples with employed women, \non the other hand, in 1977 already showed a more modern pattern of family migration. \nThe effects of the male’s occupational prestige and sector were not significant for these \ncouples and an age advantage of the male did not lead to more migration. Over time, the \nposition of the employed women seems to have become even stronger and our results suggest \nthat in 1996 at least some of them were able to initiate a move for their own career and \nhence to turn their husband into a tied mover

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