The effects of siblings on the migration of woman in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829-1940

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-71

  Bras, Hilde ^a   Neven, Muriel ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Event history analysis; Joint household decision making; Life course; Migration; Siblings; Social capital theory; Social networks; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; SIBLING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; ZEELAND;

EID: 33847240471     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720601048319     Document Type: Article

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