Power-Couples and the Colocation Hypothesis Revisited

Francesco Mariotti; Karen Ann Mumford; Yolanda Pena-Boquete

Power-Couples and the Colocation Hypothesis Revisited

Francesco Mariotti, Karen Ann Mumford, Yolanda Pena-Boquete

Economics

Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

Abstract

We analyse the migration movements of power couples (couples where both members have at least a college degree), half power and no-power couples within Australia. We explicitly allow for potential correlation of these movements with local labour market features. Our results support the urbanisation hypothesis for ongoing couples over either the colocation or tied-mover models. Partnered college graduates like to live in major cities regardless of their gender or the qualifications of their partner.

Original language	English
Number of pages	26
Publication status	Published - May 2015

Publication series

Name	IZA Discussion Papers
Publisher	IZA
No.	9059

Keywords

gender, graduates, colocation, tied-mover, urbanisation, migration, power couples

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http://ftp.iza.org/dp9059.pdf

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