Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on internal migration during the economic crisis in Spain
Abstract
This paper seeks to understand better the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on inter-provincial migration during the recent economic crisis in Spain. It uses rich individual-level microdata from the last two Spanish censuses (2001–2011) to study migration. The findings suggest that regional unemployment levels do not have a strong impact on internal migration in the period analyzed. However, homeownership is a key explanatory factor of immobility, which became more important in 2011 compared with 2001. This immobility effect of homeownership is stronger in depressed regions, which suggests that some people may be trapped in their dwellings, or the security of homeownership becomes essential when the structural conditions are unfavourable.
Citation
Palomares-Linares , I & van Ham , M 2018 , ' Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on internal migration during the economic crisis in Spain ' , Regional Studies , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1502420
Publication
Regional Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0034-3404Type
Journal article
Description
The research for this paper was funded by the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, research project ‘Procesos de reconfiguración social metropolitana’ [grant number CSO2014-55780-C3-3-P].Collections
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