Migration histories and occupational achievement
Abstract
We have investigated the impact of men's and women's migration histories on their occupational achievement. Compared with previous work, our operationalisation of migration histories is much more detailed; we include not only the distinction between onward and return migration, but also the crucial aspects of the destination and short-term versus long-term effects of migration. Using retrospective survey data for the Netherlands and a least-squares regression model of socio-economic status, we explain the socio-economic status of men and women in a given year from the migration history up to that year, controlling for other factors known to influence socio-economic status. Support was found for the hypothesis that migration has a positive long-term impact on men's occupational achievement. Only multiple migrations affect women's occupational achievement significantly, in a positive way. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Citation
Mulder , C H & Van Ham , M 2005 , ' Migration histories and occupational achievement ' , Population, Space and Place , vol. 11 , no. 3 , pp. 173-186 . https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.365
Publication
Population, Space and Place
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1544-8444Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.365
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