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Martin Dribe. Photo.

Martin Dribe

Professor

Martin Dribe. Photo.

Migration, Marriage, and Social Mobility : Women in Sweden 1880-1900

Author

  • Martin Dribe
  • Björn Eriksson
  • Francesco Scalone

Summary, in English

We study the social mobility of women by looking at the connection between migration and marriage outcomes using complete count census data for Sweden. The censuses 1880-1900 have been linked at the individual level, enabling us to follow 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. These results highlight the importance of migration for women’s social mobility during industrialization.

Department/s

  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2017

Language

English

Publication/Series

Lund Papers in Economic Demography

Volume

2017

Issue

1

Document type

Working paper

Publisher

Centre for Economic Demography

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

Project

  • The Emergence of Wage Discrimination
  • Landskrona Population Study