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Geographical Labour Mobility: Migration or Commuting?

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Kent Eliasson
Urban Lindgren
Olle Westerlund

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E LIASSON K., L INDGREN U. and W ESTERLUND O. (2003) Geographical labour mobility: migration or commuting?, Reg. Studies 37 , 827-837. In this paper, we examine how individual labour market status and spatial variations in employment opportunities influence interregional job search behaviour and mobility decisions in Sweden. The econometric analysis is based on 290,000 individual observations and refers to the years 1994-95. The empirical results show that the probability of interregional labour mobility unexpectedly decreases with the accessibility to employment opportunities in neighbouring regions. As expected, the findings reveal that accessibility to job openings in surrounding regions significantly increases the likelihood of choosing commuting as the mobility mode. Moreover, the empirical findings indicate that individual unemployment experience increases the likelihood of mobility as well as migration. E LIASSON K., L INDGREN U. et W ESTERLUND O. (2003) La mobilité géographique du travail: la migration ou les migrations quotidiennes?, Reg. Studies 37 , 827-837. Cet article cherche à examiner comment l'importance des marchés du travail et la variation géographique des possibilités d'emploi particulières influent sur le comportement pour ce qui est de la recherche d'emploi interrégionale et de la mobilité en Suède. L'analyse économétrique est fondée sur 290 000 observations individuelles et remonte à la période de 1994 à 1995. Les résultats empiriques laissent voir que la probabilité de la mobilité interrégionale du travail décroisse de façon inattendue en fonction de l'accessibilité des possibilités d' emploi dans les régions voisines. Comme prévu, les résultats laissent voir que l'accessibilité des possibilités de travail dans les régions environnantes augmente sensiblement la probabilité que les migrations quotidiennes vont devenir le mode préféré pour se rendre au travail. En outre, les résultats laissent voir que le profil individuel quant aux situations de chômage augmente la probabilité de la mobilité ainsi que de la migration. E LIASSON K., L INDGREN U. und W ESTERLUND O. (2003) Geographische Mobilität von Arbeitskrä ften, Reg. Studies 37 , 827-837. In diesem Aufsatz wird untersucht, inwiefern in Schweden individuelle Arbeitsmarktstellung und räumliche Abweichungen bei offenen Stellen interregionales Verhalten bei Stellensuche und Mobilitä tsentscheidungen beeinflussen. Die ökonornische, Analyse stützt sich auf 290,000 Einzelbeobachtungen und bezieht sich auf die Jahre 1994-1995. Die empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Wahrscheinlichkeit interregionaler Mobilität von Arbeitskräften überraschenderweise mit der Zugänglichkeit offener Stellen in benachbarten Regionen abnimmt. Wie erwartet, zeigen die Befunde, daß die Zugänglichkeit offener Stellen in den Regionen der Umgebung die Wahrscheinlichkeit, Pendeln als Mobilitätsform zu wahlen, signifikant zunehmen läßt. Außerdem weisen die empirischen Befunde darauf hin, daß derjenige, der weiß, was es bedeutet, arbeitslos zu sein, eher zu Mobilität wie auch zu Wanderung neigt.

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Volume (Year): 37 (2003)
Issue (Month): 8 (November)
Pages: 827-837
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Keywords: Labour Mobility; Migration; Commuting; Bivariate Probit;

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