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All in the Family :
All in the Family : self Selection and Migration by Couples
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- Eliasson, Kent (author)
- Umeå universitet,Nationalekonomi,Economic Policy Network
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- Nakosteen, Robert A. (author)
- Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, MA/ Tufts University, Boston, MA,Economic Policy Network/ ALC
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- Westerlund, Olle, 1951- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Nationalekonomi,Economic Policy Network/ ALC
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- Zimmer, Michael A. (author)
- Department of Economics, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, USA
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- 2013-02-13
- 2014
- English.
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In: Papers in regional science (Print). - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1056-8190 .- 1435-5957. ; 93:1, s. 101-124
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Abstract
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- This paper examines determinants of couple migration in a model that accounts for self-selection of migrant couples. The study is based on a sample of married couples from the Swedish population. The model incorporates controls for earnings of both spouses preceding the move, and explicitly addresses unmeasured heterogeneity in the family decision to migrate. Two statistical formulations are presented. In the first version, migration is measured as a dichotomous move/stay decision. A second formulation replaces the dichotomous indicator with the distance moved by migrants. Results suggest that family migration is selective of relatively low earning wives with unmeasured potential for strong earnings.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Migration
- Couples
- Self-Selection
- Family migration
- measured earnings
- unmeasured heterogeneity
- nationalekonomi
- Economics
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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