Generation X

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Chapter 5 in Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class, 2024, pp 96-133 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 5 presents an analysis of the migration and occupation trajectories of interviewees born between 1966 and 1981, i.e., Generation X. London, a global city, emerges as important in these interviews as a place where creative workers have a valuable connection, and the chapter focuses particularly on Fielding’s (1992) theory of London as an escalator region for social mobility. The impact of gender tied migration (Bielby and Bielby, 1992) is also discussed. We do not find evidence to support the traditional neoclassical migration theory, nor do we find evidence to support Florida’s claims.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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