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Who Moves to Depressed Regions? An Analysis of Migration Streams in Finland in the 1990s
Hannu TervoMerja Kauhanensubject
Human migrationbusiness.industryFlourishing05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologies0507 social and economic geographyGeneral Social Sciences021107 urban & regional planningSample (statistics)02 engineering and technologySTREAMSCensusHuman capitalGeographyEconomyDemographic economicsbusiness050703 geographyGeneral Environmental Sciencedescription
Depressed regions typically lose a large number of migrants but simultaneously are destination regions for some migrants. This study analyzes those people who decided to move to depressed regions in Finland in 1993-1996. The analysis is based on a 1 percent sample drawn from the Finnish longitudinal census. The results show that migration into depressed regions is also a selective process. Return migration is only one part of this migration. However, the more educated an individual is, the more likely she or he is to move to a flourishing region. The process of concentration of human capital is reinforced by interregional migration.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-04-01 | International Regional Science Review |