Family change and migration in the life course

Hill Kulu and Nadja Milewski
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Hill Kulu: University of St Andrews
Nadja Milewski: Universität Rostock

Demographic Research, 2007, vol. 17, issue 19, 567-590

Abstract: This article is an introduction to Special Collection 6 of Demographic Research whose articles investigate the interrelations between the family and migration behaviour of individuals in industrialised countries. We first review the life-course approach and previous research on the interplay between family change and migration. We then describe the contribution of the articles in the collection. This is followed by a discussion of selected issues raised in the papers and an outline of future research avenues. We argue that the life-course approach and event-history analysis offer a fruitful framework to examine how individuals simultaneously structure their family lives and residential trajectories, and thus shape demographic change in society.

Keywords: fertility; event history analysis; family; migration; residential mobility; life course analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.19

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