Rabe, Birgitta (2011) Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection. Journal of Population Economics, 24 (2). pp. 477-497. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-009-0292-1
Rabe, Birgitta (2011) Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection. Journal of Population Economics, 24 (2). pp. 477-497. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-009-0292-1
Rabe, Birgitta (2011) Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection. Journal of Population Economics, 24 (2). pp. 477-497. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-009-0292-1
Abstract
This paper examines how spouses in dual-earner couples weigh each partner's expected wage growth in the decision to migrate. Previous research suggests that husbands' job prospects dominate the migration choice irrespective of their relative earnings potential. Based on British panel data, this paper employs an endogenous switching model and estimates wage differentials of migrating vs. staying for husbands and wives corrected for double selectivity of migration and employment. Dual-earner couples attach a positive weight to each partner's expected wage gains when deciding to migrate. Moreover, migrant wives' employment decreases temporarily, and there are significant selection effects in migration and employment amongst non-migrants. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Family migration; Dual-earner couples; Double selection |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2013 08:56 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 20:08 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7102 |