Migration Decisions of Dual-earner Families: An Application of Multilevel Modeling

Li Swain () and Steven Garasky ()

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2007, vol. 28, issue 1, 170 pages

Abstract: A comprehensive framework for guiding analyses of internal migration is lacking. This study contributes to the family migration literature in three important ways. We develop a multilevel theoretical framework emphasizing an integration of individual-, family-, and neighborhood-level effects; introduce multilevel statistical modeling; and explicitly assess how effects of economic-based explanatory variables vary by gender. Our data are from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). We find that the likelihood of a family migrating is affected by economic and non-economic factors, some of which vary by gender. We add to the dual-earner migration literature by finding that wives are not likely to be tied-movers, but husbands are likely to be tied-stayers. Neighborhood factors also are important to the decision to migrate. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Dual-earner families; Internal migration; Migration; Multilevel modeling; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9046-3

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