FAMILY MIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT - THE IMPORTANCE OF MIGRATION HISTORYAND GENDER

This article uses event history data to specify a model of employment returns to initial migration, onward migration, and return migration a mong newly married persons in the US. Husbands are more likely to be f ull-time employed than wives, and being a parent reduces the employmen t odds among married women. Employment returns to repeated migration d iffer by gender, with more husbands full-time employed after onward mi gration and more wives full-rime employed after return migration event s. We interpret these empirical findings in the context of family migr ation theory, segmented labor market theory, and gender-based responsi bilities.