An analysis of trends in spatial mobility of Dutch graduates

TY - JOUR

T1 - An analysis of trends in spatial mobility of Dutch graduates

AU - Venhorst, V.A.

AU - van Dijk, J.

AU - van Wissen, L.J.G.

N1 - Reporting year: 2011

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Considerable attention in the literature has been devoted to spatial mobility as a mechanism in the transition from study to work. In this paper, the relationships between migration and both regional economic circumstances and individual characteristics are investigated using a micro-dataset on Dutch college and university graduates. Over the last decade, some Dutch regions have retained increasingly higher proportions of college graduates. We find that the presence of a large labour market is the most important structural economic determinant for these higher retention rates. Cyclical determinants appear to affect university graduate migration more than college graduate migration.

AB - Considerable attention in the literature has been devoted to spatial mobility as a mechanism in the transition from study to work. In this paper, the relationships between migration and both regional economic circumstances and individual characteristics are investigated using a micro-dataset on Dutch college and university graduates. Over the last decade, some Dutch regions have retained increasingly higher proportions of college graduates. We find that the presence of a large labour market is the most important structural economic determinant for these higher retention rates. Cyclical determinants appear to affect university graduate migration more than college graduate migration.

U2 - 10.1080/17421772.2010.540033

DO - 10.1080/17421772.2010.540033

M3 - Article

SN - 1742-1772

VL - 6

SP - 57

EP - 82

JO - Spatial Economic Analysis

JF - Spatial Economic Analysis

IS - 1

ER -