New Directions for Residential Mobility Research: Linking Lives through Time and Space

Rory Coulter (), Maarten van Ham and Allan M. Findlay ()
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Rory Coulter: University of Cambridge
Allan M. Findlay: University of St. Andrews

No 7525, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: While researchers are increasingly reconceptualising international migration, less interest is being shown in rethinking the geographies of short-distance residential mobility and immobility. Short-distance moves are crucial for the structuration of everyday life, the operation of housing and labour markets and the (re)production of social inequalities. This paper argues that a deeper understanding of residential mobility and immobility can be gained by exploring developments in longitudinal analysis while seeking theoretical innovations derived from extending life course theories. Rethinking the geographies of residential mobility around notions of 'linked lives' will allow us to understand, critique and address major contemporary challenges.

Keywords: biography; life course; linked lives; longitudinal analysis; residential mobility; relationality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2013-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mig, nep-spo and nep-ure
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Published - published as 'Re-thinking residential mobility: Linking lives through time and space' in: Progress in Human Geography , 2016, 40 (3), 352-374

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