Socioeconomic Returns to Migration Among Married Women

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to (1) examine the effect of migration on changes in earnings among a cohort of older married women, and (2) assess whether “returns” to migration vary systematically by the wife's educational and occupational resources in a manner consistent with the tenets of family resource theory. Using the older women cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey, we find that migration has a significant negative effect on earnings in the short-term, but that the longer-term effects are minimal. Contrary to our hypothesis, however, the negative effect of migration on married women's earnings is not diminished regardless of levels of educational and occupational resources. The implications of these results are discussed.

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