Moving and Union Dissolution

Paul Boyle, Hill Kulu, Thomas Cooke, Vernon Gayle, Clara H Mulder

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This paper examines the effect of migration and residential mobility on union dissolution among married and cohabiting couples. Moving is a stressful life event, and a large, multidisciplinary literature has shown that family migration often benefits one partner (usually the man) more than the other. Even so, no study to date has examined the possible impact of within-nation geographical mobility on union dissolution. We base our longitudinal analysis on retrospective event-history data from Austria. Our results show that couples who move frequently have a significantly higher risk of union dissolution, and we suggest a variety of mechanisms that may explain this.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-222
JournalDemography
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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