Spatial trajectories in early life: Moving on or returning home?

Abstract

This paper investigates the residential mobility patterns of young adults upon leaving home, with an emphasis on the role of life course events in determining return migration to the home region. Using longitudinal register data for the Netherlands, the analysis shows that parental ties serve as an anchor attracting returnees: young adults appear to return to their home region when their parents still live in the region. This is more pronounced for women. It seems that women are more likely to return to provide assistance to parents, and men's return is more motivated by receiving assistance. The return inclination of men is, for instance, primarily induced by family life events, such as having children and becoming a lone father. The propensity for return is lower for graduates, young adults with a higher income, and individuals originating from less urbanised areas.

Rural residence and mortality in later life: Exploring the role of social integration and social support from a longitudinal perspective

“…This pattern explains the widening mortality inequality between the least and most deprived areas in England and Wales. Similar findings have been reported elsewhere (Haartsen & Stockdale, 2018; Pearce & Dorling, 2010; Tunstall, Mitchell, Gibbs, Platt, & Dorling, 2007; Zorlu & Kooiman, 2019). That is, residence observed at one point in time is likely to be the consequence of selection process prior to a survey.…”

Young adults' return migration from large cities in Sweden: The role of siblings and parents

“…The importance of parents to return migration to a previous region was indeed highlighted in Zorlu and Kooiman's (2019) study on return migration in the Netherlands. The likelihood of returning to the "home region" was found to be much higher for those whose parents still lived in the region than for those whose parents had moved out or were no longer alive.…”

“…These studies have established that family reasons form a substantial share of the motivations of young return migrants (Haartsen & Thissen, 2014) and that the location of parents is crucial in young adults' return migration (Zorlu & Kooiman, 2019; see also qualitative work by Von Reichert, Cromartie, & Arthun, 2013). We contribute to this line of research by investigating the importance of siblings in return and onward migration, while also taking into account the role of parents.…”

Internal Migration and the Role of Intergenerational Family Ties and Life Events

“…Indeed, one might argue that factors such as accumulated senses of local belonging, familiarity, knowledge of local labor and housing markets, matter more than concerns over proximity and access to family. With the influence of family and familiarity often coinciding, recent work by Zorlu and Kooiman () proves useful in revealing how decisions to migrate back to the home region are very much contingent on the presence of family, with return migration far less likely if family no longer lives there. Sensitivity tests designed to assess the independence of the estimated effects of family ties are discussed in Section 3.…”