Family change and migration in the life course: An introduction

This article is an introduction to Special Collection 6 of Demographic Research whose articles investigate the interrelations between the family and migration behaviour of individuals in industrialised countries. We first review the life-course approach and previous research on the interplay between family change and migration. We then describe the contribution of the articles in the collection. This is followed by a discussion of selected issues raised in the papers and an outline of future research avenues. We argue that the life-course approach and event-history analysis offer a fruitful framework to examine how individuals simultaneously structure their family lives and residential trajectories, and thus shape demographic change in society. 1 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Institut national d’études démographiques, 133, boulevard Davout, 75020 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected] Kulu & Milewski: Family change and migration in the life course: An introduction 568 http://www.demographic-research.org