Spouse Overeducation and Family Migration: Evidence from the US |
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Authors: | Michael A Quinn Stephen Rubb |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452-4705, USA;(2) Department of Economics, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825, USA |
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Abstract: | Scholars have noted that marriage frequently results in a sub-optimal job search. This literature suggests that the overeducation
of wives is a result of household migration (tied-mover) or the result of an inability to migrate (tied-stayer). Others have
found that overeducation may also be a cause of migration. This study examines overeducation as both a cause and effect of
migration. Some evidence shows that families with an overeducated husband are found to be more likely to migrate. In turn,
this migration leads to increased levels of overeducation among wives and decreased levels of overeducation among husbands.
Household migration is also found to lower the full-time employment rates of wives by more than their male counterparts. |
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