A cross-national study of the effects of family migration on women's labour market status: some difficulties with integrating microdata from two censuses

Integrating GB and US Census Microdata f

Integrating GB and US Census Microdata for studying the impact of family migration on partnered women's labour market status

✍ Boyle, Paul ;Cooke, Tom ;Halfacree, Keith ;Smith, Darren 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 156 KB 👁 2 views

Large microdata sample ®les from national censuses are increasingly being used in social science research, yet little work has been done to integrate such data-sets despite the literature that draws attention to this potential. We argue that, while such research is to be encouraged, there are proble