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Location choice in early adulthood: Millennials versus Baby Boomers

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This paper contributes to the literature on the effect of individual‐level characteristics on urban location choice by examining whether young people aged 25–34 with a bachelor's degree or higher are more likely to live in central cities in 2011 than in 1990. When I control for individual‐level characteristics I find that the effect of education on the probability of living in a central city remains similar across generations. This is evidence that to the extent education plays a role in the larger population of high human capital 25–34 year olds in cities in 2011 it is due to a composition effect rather than cities becoming more attractive to educated people at the margin. Este artículo contribuye a la literatura sobre el efecto de las características a nivel individual en la elección de localización urbana al examinar si los jóvenes entre 25 y 34 años con un título universitario o de tercer grado tienen en 2011 más probabilidades de vivir en las ciudades centrales que en 1990. Cuando se controlan las características de nivel individual, se encuentra que el efecto de la educación sobre la probabilidad de vivir en una ciudad central sigue siendo similar entre generaciones. Esto es prueba de que, en la medida en que la educación desempeña un papel en la población en general con capital humano alto, el segmento de 25‐34 años en las ciudades en 2011 se debe a un efecto de composición y no a que las ciudades se vuelven más atractivas para las personas educadas en el margen. 本稿は、25歳から34歳の大卒以上の学歴のある若者が都市の中心部に居住する傾向は、2011年では1990年よりも強いか否かを調査した、都市部の選好性に対する個人レベルの特性の影響に関する研究論文に寄与するものである。個人レベルの特性を調整すると、都市の中心部に居住する確率に対する学歴の影響は、どの世代でも変わらず同等であった。これは、2011年の都市部に住む、人的資本価値が高い、25歳から34歳の比較的規模の大きな集団では、学歴がある程度影響することを示すエビデンスであるが、これは周辺地域に住む高学歴者にとって都市がより魅力的になってきているということではなく、むしろ構造効果(composition effect)によるものである。

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  • Adam Millsap, 2018. "Location choice in early adulthood: Millennials versus Baby Boomers," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(S1), pages 139-167, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:s1:p:s139-s167
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12240
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