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The Geographic Mobility of Dual-Earner Couples: Does Gender Ideology Matter?

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Hendrik Jürges

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The study examines the geographic mobility of dual-earner couples using data from the German Socio-economic Panel. Although the predictions of the microeconomic family migration model are by and large met, gender ideology also plays a significant role in the explanation of family migration behavior. Splitting the sample of dual-earners into traditional and egalitarian couples reveals that job-related characteristics of men statistically dominate those of women in traditional couples. In egalitarian couples, such gender bias cannot be found. Male and female characteristics have the same effect on family migration behavior.

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Paper provided by DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research in its series Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin with number 474.

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Length: II, 29 p.
Date of creation: 2005
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Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp474

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Keywords: Division of household labor; Dual-earner couples; Gender ideology; Migration;

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  1. Sandell, Steven H, 1977. "Women and the Economics of Family Migration," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 59(4), pages 406-14, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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