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Title: Why are Power Couples Increasingly Concentrated in Large Metropolitan Areas?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we test Costa and Kahns colocation hypothesis, which predicts that power couplescouples in which both spouses have college degreesare more likely to migrate to the largest cities than part-power couples or power singles. We find no support for this hypothesis. Instead, regression analyses suggest that only the education of the husband and not the joint education profile of the couple affects the propensity to migrate to large metropolitan areas. The observed location trends are better explained by higher rates of power couple formation inlarger metropolitan areas.

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Authors: Pollak, Robert A.; Compoton, Janice

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Economics

Issue: 3

Volume: 25

Pages: 475-512

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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