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Internal migration, social stratification and dynamic effects on subjective well being
Erlinghagen, Marcel
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Kern, Christoph
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Stein, Petra
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URL:
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https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_...
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Additional URL:
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336059081...
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2019
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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SOEP papers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research
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Volume:
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1046
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Place of publication:
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Berlin
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Publishing house:
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DIW
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ISSN:
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1864-6689
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Social Sciences > Statistik u. Sozialwissenschaftliche Methodenlehre (Kreuter 2014-2020)
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Subject:
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300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
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Abstract:
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Using German panel data and relying on internal relocation, this paper investigates the anticipation and adaptation of subjective well-being (SWB) in the course of migration. We hypothesize that SWB correlates with the process of migration, and that such correlations are at least partly socially stratified. Our fixed-effects regressions show no evidence of any anticipation of SWB before the event of migration, but a highly significant and sustained positive adaptation effect. In general, internal migration seems to lead to a long-lasting increase in SWB. This is found to be the case for almost all analyzed socioeconomic and socio-demographic subgroups. The migration distance, the reasons for migration, and the individuals’ socio-demographic characteristics do not appear to have any important effects on the overall observed pattern. Our results suggest that regional mobility is less a response to certain stressors, but is, rather, a response to an opportunity to improve job- or housing-related living conditions, and that these improved conditions are reflected in individuals’ SWB. Thus, migration under these circumstances is triggered by opportunities rather than by constraints.
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