Are there Gender-specific Preferences for Location Factors? A Grouped Conditional Logit-Model of Interregional Migration Flows in Germany

Lutz Schneider and Alexander Kubis

No 5/2009, IWH Discussion Papers from Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Abstract: The article analyses the question whether women and men differ in their tastes for location factors. The question is answered by quantifying the impact of location characteristics on interregional migration flows across Germany. The analysis is based on a grouped conditional logit approach. We augment the framework by controlling for violation of the independence of irrelevant alternatives assumption and for overdispersion. As a result, we find no differences in terms of direction of impact. However, the regressions confirm gender differences in terms of intensity, particularly regarding regional wage levels and the availability of educational institutions.

Keywords: Labour Mobility; Gender Economics; Regional Migration; Discrete Choice Model; Arbeitsmarktmobilität; Geschlechtsdifferenz; Binnenwanderung; Discrete-Choice-Modell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 J16 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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