Tied migration and subsequent employment: evidence from couples in Britain

Publication type

Journal Article

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Publication date

June 1, 2007

Abstract:

We use unique information on migration behaviour and reasons for migration to study the impact of tied migration on labour market outcomes among husbands and wives. Fewer than 2% of couples migrate for job-related reasons and the majority of these move for reasons associated with the husband's job. Estimates from dynamic random-effects models indicate that husbands and wives in couples that migrated for job-related reasons suffer lower job retention rates than non-migrants. Tied migration reduces the probability of subsequent employment for both husbands and wives and in particular has a large negative impact on job retention rates among wives.

Published in

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 69 (6):795-818 , p.795 -818

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00482.x

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