Explanations of Migration

Ritchey, P. Neal

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“…Second, in the field of regional mobility research, studies that depict the migration process as the result of a costbenefit analysis in the tradition of rational choice approaches (e.g., Sjaastad 1962) are the most prevalent. It is beyond the scope of this paper to provide a comprehensive review of all of the relevant determinants of the mobility decision (for an overview of the economic literature, see Greenwood 1975Greenwood , 1997; for an overview of the sociological literature, see Ritchey 1976). With few exceptions (e.g., Kley 2011Kley , 2013Drinkwater and Ingram 2009;Kalter 1997Kalter , 1998) most studies only presume the underlying motives of decision making indirectly on the basis of observed actions.…”

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Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Abraham

Auspurg

Bähr

et al. 2013

J Labour Market Res

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Abstract Matching individuals to jobs is a fundamental problem in any labour market. This paper focuses on job characteristics, such as wages, job quality, and distance from the current place of residence, and the impact of these characteristics on the willingness of employed and unemployed individuals to accept new job offers. Using an experimental factorial survey module (FSM) implemented in the fifth wave of a large population survey (Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security), the willingness of employed and unemployed labour market participants to accept new job offers was compared while considering job characteristics like gain of income or commuting distance. In this study, unemployed and employed individuals received the same set of hypothetical job offers. Consistent with theoretical arguments, the about 20,000 evaluations provided by about 4,000 respondents showed that unemployed participants generally exhibit a greater willingness to accept new job offers than employed ones. Moreover, unemployed individuals were likely to make more concessions than employed individuals with respect to job quality, such as accepting fixed-term job offers. Interestingly, little evidence for different decisionmaking or weightings of mobility costs was found, which enables us to conclude that interregional unemployment disparities can scarcely be explained by unemployed individuals lacking the willingness to work or relocate. Terms of use: Documents in

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Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Abraham

Auspurg

Bähr

et al. 2013

J Labour Market Res

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“…The return on investment in workplace mobility is highest for high-level jobs. Several studies show a positive relationship between occupational level (or income) and actual geographical mobility (Duncan and Perrucci, 1976;Lichter, 1980;Polachek and Horvarth, 1977;Ritchey, 1976), or the willingness to move (Fernandez, 1981;Markham et al, 1983). Markham and Pleck (1986) expected a positive effect of occupational level on willingness to move, because of the wider geographical dispersion of labour pools for specialised jobs and the greater visibility to such employees of jobs in other locations.…”

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Spatial Flexibility in Job Mobility: Macrolevel Opportunities and Microlevel Restrictions

2001

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Disequilibria among regional labour markets persist through spatial inflexibility in job mobility resulting from restrictions in migration and long-distance commuting. This contribution analyses workplace mobility—the acceptance of a job at a great distance from the place of residence—using a direct measure which includes both migration and long commutes as means for covering this distance. Two sources of spatial inflexibility are identified. The first is a low overall chance of general job mobility; the second is a limited search area leading to low workplace mobility. In a two-step analysis we show that workers who find another job are a highly selective group. Within this group the variation in accepting a job at a great distance is wide, because of the individual restrictions that are often gendered. We also show that ample availability of job opportunities stimulates general job mobility and reduces workplace mobility, but only after controlling for individual restrictions. These findings are in line with the spatial mismatch hypothesis.

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“…There is now a wealth of evidence showing that there has been a net movement of population from deprived and towards more affluent areas in recent decades (Norman, Boyle, & Rees, 2005;O'Reilly, Browne, Johnson, & Kelly, 2001) and that the propensity to migrate is greatest amongst the younger, better educated and more affluent individuals and households (Fielding, 1997;Leon & Strachan, 1993;Meen, Gibb, Goody, McGrath, & MacKinnon, 2005;O'Reilly & Stevenson, 2003;Richey, 1976). The result of such selective migration has been an increasing depopulation of deprived areas and increasing socio-economic polarization between areas over time.…”

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Increasing inequalities in health: Is it an artefact caused by the selective movement of people?

Connolly¹,

O’Reilly²,

Rosato³

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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Explanations of Migration

Cited by 351 publications

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Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Spatial Flexibility in Job Mobility: Macrolevel Opportunities and Microlevel Restrictions

Increasing inequalities in health: Is it an artefact caused by the selective movement of people?

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