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How migration motives change over distance: evidence on variations across socioeconomic and demographic groups

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Author

  • Thomas Niedomysl

Summary, in English

Migration researchers have long known that the motives for changing place of residence vary over migration distance. Typically, short-distance moves are regarded as motivated by housing considerations and longer-distance moves primarily by employment considerations. Using a large-scale survey on migration motives, this paper explores how migration motives change over migration distance. Particular attention is paid to variations across socio-economic and demographic

groups. The results show that the housing- versus employment-driven migration dichotomy, over short and long distances, respectively, is still somewhat valid, though the present findings give a much more nuanced interpretation. The paper reveals considerable variation in migration motives, not only over migration distance, but also particularly in relation to migrant socio-economic and demographic characteristics.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

843-855

Publication/Series

Regional Studies

Volume

45

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • Sweden
  • Distance Survey data
  • Migration Motives

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1360-0591