Beyond the trailing spouse: The commuter partnership as an alternative to family migration

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  van der Klis, Marjolijn ^a   Mulder, Clara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice biography; Commuter partnership; Family migration; Gender; Life course; Trailing spouse

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; GENDER; IDEOLOGY; MIGRATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EID: 38949088655     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-007-9096-3     Document Type: Article

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