Distance--Income Migration Trade-off of Young French Workers: An Analysis per Education Level

Marie-Benoît Magrini and Philippe Lemistre

Regional Studies, 2013, vol. 47, issue 2, 282-295

Abstract: Magrini M.-B. and Lemistre P. Distance--income migration trade-off of young French workers: an analysis per education level, Regional Studies . Most research studies on migration see the latter as a move from one geographic area to another. Taking into account distance in an analysis of young French workers' migration from one local labour market to another enables one to evaluate more precisely the migration decision, viewed as a cost--benefit trade-off based on the distance travelled and some territorial characteristics. It is found that the wage returns to migration are nil for the most highly skilled workers, leading one to consider that these workers conduct their job search on a national scale. In contrast, the less-skilled workers get a positive return to migration.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.579595

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