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What matters more for the decision to move: jobs versus amenities

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Author

  • Thomas Niedomysl
  • Høgni Kalsø Hansen

Summary, in English

Highly skilled workers are increasingly recognised as a key competitive asset for regional development, and claims have been made that emphasise the importance of certain amenities for the prospects of attracting this particular group of workers. We use a recent large-scale survey to investigate the relative importance of jobs versus amenities for the decision to migrate, as perceived by the migrants themselves. The paper thereby adds important insights to the existing literature that has hitherto mainly focused on analysing the extent to which aggregate migration flows correlate with employment-related or amenity-related factors. The results show that jobs are considerably more important for the decision to move among highly educated migrants compared with migrants with lower education.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

1636-1649

Publication/Series

Environment & Planning A

Volume

42

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Pion Ltd

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Human Geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0308-518X