Dual Occupation Families and Migration

Duncan, R. Paul; Perrucci, Carolyn C.

doi:10.2307/2094472

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“…This is in line with several papers including the original study by Duncan and Perrucci (1976) that documents asymmetric responses of family migration to occupational mobility and occupational prestige. Compton and Pollak (2007 , Table 4, column F) use a measure of the concentration of an occupation in large metropolitan areas and find that urban concentration of husband's occupation has a positive effect on family migration whereas urban concentration of wife's occupation has no effect on family migration.…”

Section: Educational Earnings Potentialsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…For internal migration, symmetric effects of earnings only occur once occupational mobility has been controlled for. Duncan and Perrucci (1976) and Shauman (2010) include wife's percent of family income in their regressions, and Jacobsen and Levin (2000) have specifications including the ratio of the predicted earnings gain from migration. All three papers include their relative measure linearly and find it is insignificant.…”

Section: Educational Earnings Potentialmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Family migration and relative earnings potentials

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2016

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Section: Educational Earnings Potentialmentioning

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Family migration and relative earnings potentials

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2016

Labour Economics

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“…Still others have confirmed that the most significant effect on reduced earnings is exits from the labor market (LeClere and McLaughlin, 1997). The benefit of migration to wives depends on whether they were employed prior to the move or not (Duncan and Perucci, 1976) or whether the move was motivated by their own career advancement or their partners (van Ham, 2001). …”

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Housing costs and the geography of family migration outcomes

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Clark

2006

Population Space and Place

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This paper takes a geographic approach towards assessing the 'returns' to family migration by addressing explicitly the impacts of differences in the cost of housing between the place of origin and place of destination for family migrants. While numerous studies have examined differences in labor-force participation and wages subsequent to migration, particularly on the part of wives, few studies have considered the local geographic context of these events. This study examines the "adjusted" outcomes from migration for husbands, wives, and families in the United States in the context of local housing costs. Our findings challenge the assumption of simple economic gains and instead indicate that who gains and who loses from family migration is quite complex.The geography of family migration is critical in determining gains and losses and is interrelated with moves in and out of the labor market on the part of wives. Our research indicates that wives who leave the labor market after a move are very likely to have moved to a more affordable housing market. Conversely, wives enter the labor market when the move is to a more expensive housing market. For this group, wives earnings go a long way towards minimizing the impact on overall family earnings. This paper provides an important contribution to understanding family migration by positioning the analysis of migration outcomes within the context of labor markets and local housing market costs.

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“…The return on investment in workplace mobility is highest for high-level jobs. Several studies show a positive relationship between occupational level (or income) and actual geographical mobility (Duncan and Perrucci, 1976;Lichter, 1980;Polachek and Horvarth, 1977;Ritchey, 1976), or the willingness to move (Fernandez, 1981;Markham et al, 1983). Markham and Pleck (1986) expected a positive effect of occupational level on willingness to move, because of the wider geographical dispersion of labour pools for specialised jobs and the greater visibility to such employees of jobs in other locations.…”

Section: Determinants Of Workplace Mobilitymentioning

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Spatial Flexibility in Job Mobility: Macrolevel Opportunities and Microlevel Restrictions

2001

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Disequilibria among regional labour markets persist through spatial inflexibility in job mobility resulting from restrictions in migration and long-distance commuting. This contribution analyses workplace mobility—the acceptance of a job at a great distance from the place of residence—using a direct measure which includes both migration and long commutes as means for covering this distance. Two sources of spatial inflexibility are identified. The first is a low overall chance of general job mobility; the second is a limited search area leading to low workplace mobility. In a two-step analysis we show that workers who find another job are a highly selective group. Within this group the variation in accepting a job at a great distance is wide, because of the individual restrictions that are often gendered. We also show that ample availability of job opportunities stimulates general job mobility and reduces workplace mobility, but only after controlling for individual restrictions. These findings are in line with the spatial mismatch hypothesis.

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Dual Occupation Families and Migration

Cited by 120 publications

References 13 publications

Family migration and relative earnings potentials

Family migration and relative earnings potentials

Housing costs and the geography of family migration outcomes

Spatial Flexibility in Job Mobility: Macrolevel Opportunities and Microlevel Restrictions

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