Essays about: "Dual Career Couples"

Found 3 essays containing the words Dual Career Couples.

  1. 1. Coupled careers: Win-win or zero-sum? : How the partner’s occupational status relates to individual labor market outcomes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lars Lewenhagen; [2017]
    Keywords : Coupled careers; partner effects; occupational status; gender; social stratification;

    Abstract : The dynamics between partners’ careers have implications for household and gender inequality as heterosexual unions are usually formed by two individuals with similar educational attainment where the man has a stronger labor market position. This paper examines how the partner’s occupational status relates to individual career outcomes, and how the association varies by gender. READ MORE

  3. 2. Migrations Among Educationally Homogamous Couples in The US: 1997-2013

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Scott Glenn; [2016]
    Keywords : Migration; Female Labour Force Participation; Bargaining Models; Dual Career Couples; Internal Migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As female labor participation rates, educational attainment, and occupational prestige improve the colocational dilemma of migration increasingly a problem. This paper seeks to determinine the difference in determinents and outcomes of interstate migration across educationally homogamous couples in the United States. READ MORE

  4. 3. Inter(man)tional Assignments? : - A Study Concerning Women’s Possibilities to Work Abroad

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Sara Sundqvist; Sandra Gustafsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Expatriation; international assignment; gender; leadership; women; networks; dual-careers;

    Abstract : SUMMARY Title: Inter(man)tional Assignments? – A Study Concerning Women’s Possibilities to Work Abroad Problem: How do women perceive their possibilities to obtain an international assignment? Purpose: The main purpose with this study is to create an understanding for women’s possibilities to obtain an international assignment. To be able to achieve this and to obtain a more faceted picture two types of sectors have been examined; larger Swedish corporations within the Swedish business world and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. READ MORE