TY - JOUR
T1 - Until work do us part
T2 - Labour migration and occupational stratification in non-cohabiting marriage
AU - Ferrari, Giulia
AU - Macmillan, Ross
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Population Investigation Committee.
PY - 2019/5/4
Y1 - 2019/5/4
N2 - While recent decades have seen considerable research on cohabitation without marriage, the study of marriage without cohabitation has not fared as well. Prior work on the latter has emphasized the importance of occupational stratification, but ignored the social context around occupation, particularly regarding labour mobility and economic development. In this paper, we outline the significance of contemporary labour mobility and concomitant occupational stratification for the risk of non-cohabiting marriage, and use data from the IPUMS–International project to provide a cross-national accounting of non-cohabiting marriage. We focus on two issues: first, how does prevalence vary across countries, across time, and with respect to economic development? Second, how do the core dynamics of labour mobility—including migration, occupational status, and economic development—influence the probability of non-cohabiting marriage? Results indicate broad cross-national differences in prevalence, increasing risk over time, and a pattern of accumulating risk associated with multifaceted social disadvantage.
AB - While recent decades have seen considerable research on cohabitation without marriage, the study of marriage without cohabitation has not fared as well. Prior work on the latter has emphasized the importance of occupational stratification, but ignored the social context around occupation, particularly regarding labour mobility and economic development. In this paper, we outline the significance of contemporary labour mobility and concomitant occupational stratification for the risk of non-cohabiting marriage, and use data from the IPUMS–International project to provide a cross-national accounting of non-cohabiting marriage. We focus on two issues: first, how does prevalence vary across countries, across time, and with respect to economic development? Second, how do the core dynamics of labour mobility—including migration, occupational status, and economic development—influence the probability of non-cohabiting marriage? Results indicate broad cross-national differences in prevalence, increasing risk over time, and a pattern of accumulating risk associated with multifaceted social disadvantage.
KW - comparative research
KW - marriage
KW - migration
KW - non-cohabitation
KW - stratification
KW - work and occupations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063954538&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00324728.2019.1583359
DO - 10.1080/00324728.2019.1583359
M3 - Article
C2 - 30950769
AN - SCOPUS:85063954538
SN - 0032-4728
VL - 73
SP - 197
EP - 216
JO - Population Studies
JF - Population Studies
IS - 2
ER -