Regional Labor Market Dynamics, Housing, and Migration

  1. Kari Hämäläinen1,
  2. Petri Böckerman2

Article first published online: 16 SEP 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2004.00348.x

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Journal of Regional Science

Journal of Regional Science

Volume 44, Issue 3, pages 543–568, August 2004

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Hämäläinen, K. and Böckerman, P. (2004), Regional Labor Market Dynamics, Housing, and Migration. Journal of Regional Science, 44: 543–568. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2004.00348.x

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  1. 1

    Government Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland

  2. 2

    Labour Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland

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  1. Issue published online: 16 SEP 2004
  2. Article first published online: 16 SEP 2004

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Abstract.  This study explores the impact of plant-level labor market dynamics and housing markets on gross migration flows. The internal and the external reorganizations of regional labor markets are shown to be related. An increase in internal turnover of jobs and workers in regional labor markets is found to increase net-migration. This effect arises mainly from a reduction in out-migration. Housing markets constitute constraints for migration. In particular, an increase in regional housing prices and a large share of owner-occupancy housing discourages net-migration to a region by reducing in-migration. In contrast, the out-migration rate remains largely unaffected by housing markets.

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