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Economic models of migration recognize that potential changes in income are an important factor in the decision to change geographic location within a country's borders. For married couples, gains need not occur for both spouses, and ‘tied movers' may on average see their relative earnings...
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For dual-earner, college educated straight couples, I examine the relative weight of spouse career prospects in deciding where to live. I show that higher expected wages for husbands in a potential destination tends to make it more attractive for households, relative to the same increase in...
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surrounding interethnic marriage and assimilation, this chapter starts by considering the determinants of intermarriage, proceeds … with an examination of the economic consequences of intermarriage, and ends with a discussion of the links between … intermarriage, ethnic identification, and measurement of long-term socioeconomic integration …
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variable is intermarriage across ethnic groups and the inclusion of the explanatory variables is justified by a simple rational … post-migration marriages can be identified. Results show that the probability of intermarriage increases the longer a … measure of the marriage market by using data from several Censuses. Intermarriage is lower the greater the availability ratio …
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the current literature by analyzing the role of intermarriage in intergenerational transmission of culture and its … intermarried families stresses the importance of intermarriage in assimilation process. Our findings imply that government policies …
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the value that intermarriage generates for their husbands. Such a "male dominance" scenario also helps explain why … immigrant men married to native daughters of immigrants from the same region get more benefits from intermarriage than other …
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a price for the value that intermarriage generates for their husbands. Such 'male dominance' scenario also helps explain … why immigrant men married to native daughters of immigrants from the same region get more benefits from intermarriage than …
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in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting … caused by changing social norms. -- Assortative mating ; divorce ; marital instability ; immigration …
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in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting … caused by changing social norms. -- assortative mating ; divorce ; marital instability ; immigration …
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in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting … caused by changing social norms. -- Assortative mating ; divorce ; marital instability ; immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935474