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A Longitudinal Analysis of Moving Desires, Expectations and Actual Moving Behaviour

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  • Coulter, Rory

    (University of Cambridge)

  • van Ham, Maarten

    (Delft University of Technology)

  • Feijten, Peteke

    (University of St. Andrews)

Abstract

Many theories of residential mobility contend that individuals express a sequence of moving desires, intentions and expectations prior to moving. Much research has investigated how individuals form these pre-move thoughts, with a largely separate literature examining actual mobility. Only a few studies have attempted to link pre-move thoughts to subsequent actual moves, but these often do not explicitly distinguish between different types and combinations of pre-move thoughts. Using 1998-2006 British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data, this study is the first to investigate whether moving desires and expectations are empirically distinct pre-move thoughts. Using multinomial regression models we demonstrate that moving desires and expectations have different meanings, and often occur in combination: the factors associated with expecting to move differ depending upon whether the move is also desired (and vice versa). Next, using panel logistic regression models, we show that different desire-expectation combinations have different effects on the probability of subsequent moving behaviour.

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  • Coulter, Rory & van Ham, Maarten & Feijten, Peteke, 2010. "A Longitudinal Analysis of Moving Desires, Expectations and Actual Moving Behaviour," IZA Discussion Papers 5277, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    moving expectations; moving desires; longitudinal data; satisfaction; residential mobility;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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