Explaining the Stages of Migration within a Life-course Framework

Kley, Stefanie

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“…It is beyond the scope of this paper to provide a comprehensive review of all of the relevant determinants of the mobility decision (for an overview of the economic literature, see Greenwood 1975Greenwood , 1997; for an overview of the sociological literature, see Ritchey 1976). With few exceptions (e.g., Kley 2011Kley , 2013Drinkwater and Ingram 2009;Kalter 1997Kalter , 1998) most studies only presume the underlying motives of decision making indirectly on the basis of observed actions. This approach risks tautological argumentation if one assumes positive incentives to move from a realised relocation and vice versa (Nisic and Auspurg 2009).…”

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Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Abraham

Auspurg

Bähr

et al. 2013

J Labour Market Res

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Abstract Matching individuals to jobs is a fundamental problem in any labour market. This paper focuses on job characteristics, such as wages, job quality, and distance from the current place of residence, and the impact of these characteristics on the willingness of employed and unemployed individuals to accept new job offers. Using an experimental factorial survey module (FSM) implemented in the fifth wave of a large population survey (Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security), the willingness of employed and unemployed labour market participants to accept new job offers was compared while considering job characteristics like gain of income or commuting distance. In this study, unemployed and employed individuals received the same set of hypothetical job offers. Consistent with theoretical arguments, the about 20,000 evaluations provided by about 4,000 respondents showed that unemployed participants generally exhibit a greater willingness to accept new job offers than employed ones. Moreover, unemployed individuals were likely to make more concessions than employed individuals with respect to job quality, such as accepting fixed-term job offers. Interestingly, little evidence for different decisionmaking or weightings of mobility costs was found, which enables us to conclude that interregional unemployment disparities can scarcely be explained by unemployed individuals lacking the willingness to work or relocate. Terms of use: Documents in

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Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Abraham

Auspurg

Bähr

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J Labour Market Res

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“…Moves are usually thought to be preceded by some form of preference formation, deliberation and destination choice processes (see Brown and Moore 1970;Kley 2010;Rossi 1955;Speare et al 1975 for examples). For instance, in the life course model, individuals are thought to experience life events which trigger housing stress or alter residential preferences, creating a desire to move home.…”

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“…Typically, individuals are thought to move following a series of preference formation and move decision-making steps (see Brown and Moore 1970;Kley and Mulder 2010;Rossi 1955;Speare, Goldstein and Frey 1975 for examples). Following such models, researchers have focused their attention on what leads people to desire a move (Buck 2000;Landale and Guest 1985;Speare et al 1975), to intend to move (Kearns and Parkes 2003;McHugh 1984), to plan to move (Kley 2010;Van Arsdol Jr, Sabagh and Butler 1968) or to expect to move (Bach and Smith 1977;Kan 1999). A largely separate literature has explored actual moves in detail (see Clark and Dieleman 1996).…”

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“…These terms are also often deployed without reference to the actual phrasing of the survey questions used. This lack of conceptual and methodological clarity hinders the empirical testing of mobility models, as different pre-move thoughts are likely to be distinct concepts produced by specific sets of factors (see Kley 2010). In addition, different pre-move thoughts are likely to reflect different levels of commitment to mobility.…”

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“…In addition, different pre-move thoughts are likely to reflect different levels of commitment to mobility. As a result of the above, few studies have considered more than one aspect of the pre-move phase or that multiple pre-move thoughts could exist in combination (see Kley 2010;Kley and Mulder 2010 for exceptions). Ignoring such combinations presents an over-simplified and linear picture of mobility decision-making.…”

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.IZA Discussion Paper No. 5277 October 2010 ABSTRACT A Longitudinal Analysis of Moving Desires, Expectations and Actual Moving BehaviourMany 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.JEL Classification: J61, R21, R23

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The paper develops our understanding of how the Internet is integrated into migration processes and influences plans and decisions to move, drawing on in‐depth interviews with urban young adults planning to move. Our analysis is based on people's own experiences and perceptions, focusing on the pre‐migrant phase of interregional migration. Theoretically, the decision to move is an ongoing process and practice in which Internet use is increasingly prominent. Internet‐based information is assumed to increasingly be supporting and transforming individual migration plans. Results indicate that Internet use is integrated into most respondents' migration practices and is perceived as a necessity when accessing information about jobs, education, housing, and destinations. Its role varies between migration process phases, that is inspiration, screening and sorting, practical and emotional preparation, and post‐processing after settlement. In the inspiration phase, Internet‐based information builds migrant awareness of new opportunities in unfamiliar places, permitting larger and more distant geographical areas to be considered. The Internet is not perceived as a driving force per se, but instead a supportive agent. Internet use is believed to encourage individual interest in migration, transforming the overall meaning of migration and reducing the perceived friction of distance. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Explaining the Stages of Migration within a Life-course Framework

Cited by 224 publications

References 31 publications

Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

Unemployment and willingness to accept job offers: results of a factorial survey experiment

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

Virtual Practices and Migration Plans: a Qualitative Study of Urban Young Adults

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