Couples, Careers, and Spatial Mobility

Lea Nassal () and Marie Paul
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No 2220, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

Abstract: We investigate the effects of long-distance moves of married couples on both spouses’ earnings, employment and job characteristics based on a new administrative dataset from Germany. Employing difference-in-difference propensity score matching and accounting for spouses’ pre-move employment biographies, we show that men’s earnings increase significantly after the move, whereas women suffer large losses in the first years. Men’s earnings increases are mainly driven by increasing wages and switches to slightly larger and better paying firms. Investigating effect heterogeneity with respect to pre-move relative earnings or for whose job opportunity couples move, confirms strong gender asymmetries in gains to moving.

Keywords: Long-distance moves; labour market careers; gender gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-09
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Working Paper: Couples, careers, and spatial mobility (2022)
Working Paper: Couples, Careers, and Spatial Mobility (2021)
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