From: Education, job insecurity and the within country migration of couples
 | (1) Full sample | (2) Power couple | (3) Male power | (4) Female power | (5) No-power couple | |||||
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Mean | S.Dev. | Mean | S.Dev. | Mean | S.Dev. | Mean | Mean | Mean | S.Dev. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | |
Male (panel 1) | ||||||||||
 Education (years) | 12.79 | 2.74 | 16.63 | 2.17 | 16.33 | 1.99 | 11.76 | 1.12 | 11.30 | 1.22 |
 Over-education | 0.2 | 2.24 | 2.39 | 2.43 | 2.35 | 2.30 | −0.70 | 1.67 | −0.60 | 1.47 |
 Age | 38.71 | 8.38 | 38.68 | 7.72 | 40.33 | 7.76 | 38.63 | 8.44 | 38.44 | 8.62 |
 MSR unemployment rate | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
 MSR job market insecurity | 12.22 | 1.56 | 12.49 | 1.70 | 12.4 | 1.61 | 12.25 | 1.55 | 12.10 | 1.50 |
 Employed | 0.94 |  | 0.97 |  | 0.97 |  | 0.95 |  | 0.92 |  |
 Unemployed | 0.02 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.02 |  |
 Not in labour force | 0.05 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.04 |  | 0.06 |  |
Female (panel 2) | ||||||||||
 Education (years) | 12.94 | 2.55 | 16.38 | 1.90 | 11.94 | 1.09 | 15.76 | 1.53 | 11.41 | 1.18 |
 Over-education | 0.43 | 2.14 | 2.46 | 2.39 | −0.41 | 1.57 | 2.11 | 2.05 | −0.43 | 1.41 |
 Age | 36.42 | 7.97 | 36.62 | 7.30 | 37.82 | 7.32 | 36.06 | 7.36 | 36.20 | 8.37 |
 MSR unemployment rate | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
 MSR job market insecurity | 11.11 | 1.69 | 11.49 | 1.83 | 11.38 | 1.78 | 11.17 | 1.70 | 10.94 | 1.61 |
 Employed | 0.75 |  | 0.85 |  | 0.71 |  | 0.84 |  | 0.71 |  |
 Unemployed | 0.02 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.03 |  |
 Not in labour force | 0.23 |  | 0.14 |  | 0.27 |  | 0.15 |  | 0.26 |  |
Household (panel 3) | ||||||||||
 Size | 3.57 | 1.25 | 3.36 | 1.15 | 3.70 | 1.25 | 3.36 | 1.20 | 3.66 | 1.27 |
 Age (couple average) | 37.56 | 7.85 | 37.65 | 7.19 | 39.08 | 7.21 | 37.34 | 7.50 | 37.32 | 8.19 |
 Education (couple average) | 12.87 | 2.26 | 16.51 | 1.60 | 14.14 | 1.14 | 13.76 | 0.99 | 11.35 | 0.95 |
 Dependent child | 0.63 |  | 0.60 |  | 0.66 |  | 0.60 |  | 0.64 |  |
 Disposable income ($10,000) | 7.89 | 4.40 | 10.53 | 5.59 | 8.93 | 5.04 | 8.24 | 4.59 | 6.86 | 3.33 |
 Female income share | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.25 |
 Foreign | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.25 | 0.43 |
 Home owners | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.79 | 0.41 | 0.78 | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.45 |
 Female earned more | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.38 |
 Male earned more | 0.71 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.72 | 0.45 |
Observations | 14,097 | Â | 2385 | Â | 1472 | Â | 2040 | Â | 8200 | Â |