Understanding Couple Migration towards Core and Peripheral Regions: The Role of Men's and Women's Education

Numerous studies have demonstrated that men’s educational profiles dominate couple migration decisions. However, most of these investigated the US context or were conducted in the previous century. This study examines the role of both partners' educational attainments in couple migration in recent years in a new context: the Netherlands. The Netherlands is one of the countries in which women surpass men in educational attainment. We take a geographical perspective and test Costa and Kahn's (2000) hypothesis that power couples - two partners with university degrees - are more likely than other... Mehr ...