Friendship ties and geographical mobility
Subtitle: evidence from the BHPS
By: by Michl̈e Belot, John Ermisch
Contributors: Ermisch, John
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2209; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2209
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Internal Migration; Friendship
Description: "A common finding in analyses of geographic mobility is a strong association between past movement and current mobility, a phenomenon that has given rise to the so called 'mover-stayer model'. We argue in this paper that one of the driving forces behind this heterogeneity is the strength of local social ties. We use data from the BHPS on the location of the three closest friends and the frequency of contacts. We estimate the processes of friendship formation and residential mobility jointly, allowing for correlation between the two processes. Our results show that the location of the closest friends matters substantially in the mobility decision, and matters more than the frequency of contacts"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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