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Migration, Gender and the Household Structure: Changes in Earnings Among Young Adults in Sweden

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This paper investigates the gendered economic outcome of migration among young adults. The results, achieved using a unique database containing the entire Swedish population, show that men's earnings are positively influenced by migration, whereas changes in women's earnings have no such obvious connection to migration. Other individual background variables are further shown to affect change in earnings differently for men and women when migrating. Most importantly, when men and women are analysed according to household type, it is obvious that children cause the largest variations. Migrating was more disadvantageous for women with children, while other groups gained from migrating. Cet article cherche a examiner les retombees economiques par sexe de la migration des jeunes adultes. A partir d'une base de donnees unique comportant la totalite de la population suedoise, les resultats laissent voir que les salaires des hommes sont en correlation etroite avec la migration, tandis que la variation des salaires des femmes n'a aucun rapport avec la migration. En outre, d'autres variables plus generales influent sur la variation des salaires de facon differente suivant le sexe au moment de la migration. En particulier il est evident que, lorsque l'on analyse les hommes et les femmes suivant la composition du menage, ce sont les enfants qui incitent aux variations les plus marquees. La migration s'avere plus desavantageuse pour les meres de famille, alors que d'autres groupes ont gagne a la migration. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Wanderung junger Erwachsener im Hinblick auf die Geschlechter. Die Ergebnisse, die sich auf eine einzigartige, die gesamte schwedische Bevolkerung umfassende Datenbank stutzen, zeigen, dass Wanderung sich positiv auf die Einkommens von Mannern auswirkt, wahrend bei Frauen Veranderungen in Einkommen keine offensichtliche Beziehung zu Wanderung aufweisen. Es wird daruberhinaus gezeigt, wie andere, individuelle Veranderliche sich bei Wanderung unterschiedlich auf Einkommensveranderungen bei Mannern und Frauen auswirken. Hervorstechend in der Analyse von Mannern und Frauen nach Haushaltstyp war jedoch, wie offensichtlich Kinder die grossten Abweichungen verursachen. Fur Frauen mit Kindern entstehen bei Wanderung mehr Nachteile, wahrend andere Gruppen daraus Gewinn zogen.

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  • Karina Nilsson, 2001. "Migration, Gender and the Household Structure: Changes in Earnings Among Young Adults in Sweden," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(6), pages 499-511.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:35:y:2001:i:6:p:499-511
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400120065679
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