“…The existing literature on career mobility, or job mobility in general, predominantly studies individuals and their occupational careers without paying much attention to the partner or the partner's career as possible determinants. Instead, when analysing the probability to change jobs and the probability of upward versus downward mobility, much attention has been paid to the role of segmented industries or the dual economy (Beck et al, 1978;Tolbert et al, 1980;Carroll and Mayer, 1986;Mayer and Carroll, 1987), segmentation of the labour market (Blossfeld and Mayer, 1988), and moves within and between firms (Felmlee, 1982;Valcour and Tolbert, 2003). In her overview article on job mobility and career processes, Rosenfeld (1992) notices the neglect of family issues in this line of literature, especially when it comes to male careers.…”