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The determinants of elderly migration in France

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  • Alexandra Schaffar

    (LEAD - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée au Développement - UTLN - Université de Toulon)

  • Michel Dimou

    (LEAD - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée au Développement - UTLN - Université de Toulon)

  • El Mouhoub Mouhoud

    (LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres)

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The aim of this paper is to study elderly migration in France. First, it analyses whether the decision to migrate relies upon individual characteristics. Second, it examines the ways in which the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the French territories determine the retirees' choice of localization. The paper draws upon a unique database of 12.67 million French inhabitants, with information about their personal attributes and locational choices from 2003 to 2008. It also uses an original database with locational characteristics for the French territories at the level of the 364 zones d'emploi. This is the only study on regional migration in France which builds upon such a thin spatial level of analysis. The paper builds empirical probit and Heckman models dealing with selection bias and endogeneity bias issues. The paper shows that retirees usually leave large agglomerations and old industrial areas in Northern France and the Paris agglomeration and relocate to socially and environmentally attractive zones with preferable climates. When studying the migration patterns within the zones d'emploi, it appears that the most vulnerable zones, which display a lower quality of collective services as well as higher income disparities and crime rates, feature lower elderly residential mobility. El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar la migración de las personas mayores en Francia. En primer lugar, se analiza si la decisión de migrar se basa en características individuales. En segundo lugar, se examinan las formas en que las características económicas, sociales y medioambientales de los territorios franceses determinan la elección de la localización por parte de las personas jubiladas. El artículo hace uso de una base de datos única de 12,67 millones de habitantes franceses, con información sobre sus atributos personales y sus elecciones de ubicación entre 2003 y 2008. También utiliza una base de datos original con las características de la ubicación de l
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  • Alexandra Schaffar & Michel Dimou & El Mouhoub Mouhoud, 2018. "The determinants of elderly migration in France," Post-Print hal-01874221, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01874221
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12374
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