Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18325 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 474
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Division of household labor
dual-earner couples
gender ideology
migration
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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