Family Migration and Employment: The Importance of Migration History and Gender

Adrian J. Bailey and Thomas J. Cooke
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Adrian J. Bailey: Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, 6017 Fairchild Hall, Hanover NH 037S5-3571, Adrian.Bailey@dartmouth.edu
Thomas J. Cooke: Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 06269-2148, (tcooke@uconn.edu

International Regional Science Review, 1998, vol. 21, issue 2, 99-118

Abstract: This article uses event history data to specify a model of employment returns to initial migration, onward migration, and return migration among newly married persons in the US. Husbands are more likely to be full-time employed than wives, and being a parent reduces the employment odds among married women. Employment returns to repeated migration differ by gender, with more husbands full-time employed after onward migration and more wives full-time employed after return migration events. We interpret these empirical findings in the context of family migration theory, segmented labor market theory, and gender-based responsibilities.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/016001769802100201

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