Geographic mobility of scientists: Sex differences and family constraints

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Shauman, Kimberlee A ^a   Xie, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SCIENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030280983     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061780     Document Type: Article

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