Determinants of family migration: short moves vs. long moves

Satu Nivalainen

Journal of Population Economics, 2004, vol. 17, issue 1, 157-175

Abstract: This paper examines factors underlying family migration. Based on a sample of stable Finnish families, both short- and long-distance migration is investigated. The empirical analysis carried out using multinomial logit modelling shows a strong negative association between the family life-cycle and migration. The findings indicate that migration takes place mainly due to the demands of the husband’s career, resulting in the wives being tied migrants. Two-earner families are less migratory, and in that sense the husbands are tied stayers. Distance matters; several differences are noticed between short- and long-distance migrants. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

Keywords: C31; J61; R23; Family migration; ties; distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-003-0131-8

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