Abstract
The effect of employment growth on internal migration depends on corresponding adjustments of the local housing market. If employment growth in a geographical area is accompanied by a sharp increase in housing prices, the net outcome may be net out-migration rather than migration gain. In the present paper, this concept is tested using statistical data available for 47 prefectures in Japan. The analysis covers the two five-year periods of 1983-87 and 1988-92, and confirms that the use of a combined representation of employment and housing variables makes it possible to improve considerably the performance of an empirical migration model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-212 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | International Journal of Population Geography |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keywords
- Employment-housing interlink
- Hyperbolic tangent transformation
- Internal migration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Demography
- Geography, Planning and Development
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