Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Separation from a spouse or cohabiting partner is associated with a high likelihood of moving, even over long distances. In this paper, we use longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for the United States to analyze the role of non-resident family in the migration of separated people immediately after and in the years following union dissolution. We explore both migration in general and return migration among separated people, drawing comparisons to married and never-married people. We find that having parents, children, or siblings living close by substantially deters migration, especially among separated people. We also find marked positive effects of having family members in the county where the respondent grew up on the likelihood of returning there. Separated people are especially likely to return, compared to others, if they have parents in their county of origin. Furthermore, a lack of an effect of years of education on migration, and a negative effect of this variable on return migration, suggest that migration after separation is less related to human-capital considerations than other types of migration.
Source: Social Science Research
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,590
Awards: G107477272, Family ties that bind: A new view of internal migration, immobility and labour-market outcomes, Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012-2016, G6033138111, G7826843638, G7832394122, G8368482461, G9000241796, Health and Well-being Over the Life Course and Across Multiple Generations, Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children across Generations, Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017-2020
OpenAlex ID: W3129732196