Cities’ attraction and retention of graduates : a more-than-economic approach
Abstract
In skilled migration research, the role of the study location in graduates' residential behaviour remains unclear. This paper addresses this lacuna by examining the attractiveness and retention of higher education cities for local attendants in the period after study, using Belgium as an empirical case study. Drawing on a unique linkage of census and register data for 1991- 2010, logistic and Cox regressions illustrate the relative success of smaller cities once individual, familial and contextual factors are considered. Location-specific characteristics beyond the economic are found to shape skilled migration towards the higher education localities, particularly in the short term.
Citation
Imeraj , L , Willaert , D , Finney , N & Gadeyne , S 2018 , ' Cities’ attraction and retention of graduates : a more-than-economic approach ' , Regional Studies , vol. 52 , no. 8 , pp. 1086-1097 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1362499
Publication
Regional Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0034-3404Type
Journal article
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© 2017 Regional Studies Association. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1362499
Description
This work was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (Aspirant Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen).Collections
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