Björn Eriksson
Researcher
Migration, Marriage and Social Mobility: Women in Sweden 1880-1900
Author
Summary, in English
We study the intergenerational social mobility of women by looking at how migration was associated with socioeconomic marriage mobility using complete-count census data for Sweden. The censuses 1880–1900 have been linked at the individual level, enabling us to follow almost 100,000 women from their parental home to their new marital household. Marriage market imbalances were not an important push factor for migration but we find a strong association between migration distance and marriage outcomes, both in terms of overall marriage probabilities and in terms of partner selection by SES. These results highlight the importance of migration for women's intergenerational social mobility during industrialization.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2019
Language
English
Pages
93-93
Publication/Series
Explorations in Economic History
Volume
71
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Economic History
Status
Published
Project
- Landskrona Population Study
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0014-4983