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Geography of migration motives: Matching migration motives with socioeconomic data

Published:2023-09-01 Issue:3 Volume:31 Page:141-152
ISSN:2199-6202
Container-title:Moravian Geographical Reports
language:en
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Author:

Baláž Vladimír¹^ORCID,Lichner Ivan²^ORCID,Jeck Tomáš²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. 1 Institute for Forecasting, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences , Bratislava , Slovakia

2. 2 Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences , Bratislava , Slovakia

Abstract

Abstract Motives behind internal migration reported by internal migrants often differ from those assumed by standard economic and social theories. This research aims to narrow the gap between the stated motives and those suggested by human capital models. It relates the net migration rates by specific motives to socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables at the LAU 1 level in the period 1997–2021 in Slovakia. This research establishes that most of the stated motives behind internal migration (housing and family) differ from those assumed by human capital theories. This finding is valid for motives stated at the proximal level. The analysis of migration rates and housing supply indicates a substantial concentration of interdistrict migrants in suburban districts of affluent metropolitan regions. This finding resonates with assumptions on the latent importance of employment and income for internal migration.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Environmental Engineering

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mgr-2023-0013

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