Migration of couples with non-employed and employed wives in the Netherlands: The changing effects of the partners' characteristics

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-301

  Smits, Jeroen ^a   Mulder, Clara H ^b   Hooimeijer, Pieter ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Changing influence; Long distance migration; Marital power; Wife's employment

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 16544371673     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183042000200704     Document Type: Article

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