Table 9.
Effect of Spouse’s Occupational Mobility on Own Earnings, by Migration Status
| Couple Type | β2 Estimate |
|
|---|---|---|
| Migrated in the Past Five Years | No Migration in the Past Five Years | |
| Power Couple | ||
| Husband | −0.251 (0.134) | 0.114 (0.080) |
| Wife | −1.34*** (0.197) | −0.754*** (0.164) |
| N | 18,525 | 106,842 |
| Husband Only College | ||
| Husband | −0.098 (0.291) | −0.009 (0.214) |
| Wife | −1.57*** (0.316) | −0.746*** (0.198) |
| N | 7,772 | 56,471 |
| Wife Only College | ||
| Husband | −0.297 (0.261) | −0.062 (0.082) |
| Wife | −0.997* (0.506) | 0.119 (0.163) |
| N | 5,891 | 58,335 |
| Neither College | ||
| Husband | −0.763*** (0.204) | −0.619** (0.152) |
| Wife | −0.329 (0.383) | −0.009 (0.142) |
| N | 23,043 | 282,982 |
Notes: The sample is the same as described in Table 1 with the exclusion of couples who (1) have a member with nonpositive earnings in 1999, (2) did not live in the same PUMA in 1995, or (3) lived in an unidentified MSA area in 1995 or 2000. The table reports results from same earnings model used in Table 6, stratifying the sample by migration status. Numbers in parentheses are standard errors.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001