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Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection

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  • Birgitta Rabe, 2011. "Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 477-497, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:24:y:2011:i:2:p:477-497
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0292-1
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    Keywords

    Family migration; Dual-earner couples; Double selection; J61; D19; C35;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
    • C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions

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