Women and the Economics of Family Migration

The labor market orientation of the wife seems to be taken into consideration in the decision of a family to migrate. The migration of the family increases the earnings of the husband but does not increase the labor market earnings of the wife. But the earnings of never married women increased after...

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Published in:The review of economics and statistics 1977-11, Vol.59 (4), p.406-414
Main Author: Sandell, Steven H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
Economic models
Employment
Husbands
Internal migration
Job hunting
Labor force
Labor market
Labor markets
Labor supply
Mobility
Net income
School age children
Wage rates
Wives
Women
Workforce
Working women
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Summary:The labor market orientation of the wife seems to be taken into consideration in the decision of a family to migrate. The migration of the family increases the earnings of the husband but does not increase the labor market earnings of the wife. But the earnings of never married women increased after moving. The decision to migrate is rational from the viewpoint of the family. The interruption of the women's careers is often an effect of migration and the maximization of the utility of the family unit. If the participation of women in the labor force continues to increase, it may have a limiting effect on the geographic mobility of the male labor force. There is no evidence that the labor market earnings of the husband are a more important consideration than those of the wife. Family decision making often restricts the wife's choice of job and reduces her continuity of employment.
ISSN:0034-6535
1530-9142
DOI:10.2307/1928705