Internal migration, social stratification and dynamic effects on subjective well being


Erlinghagen, Marcel ; Kern, Christoph ; Stein, Petra



URL: https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_...
Weitere URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336059081...
Dokumenttyp: Arbeitspapier
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: SOEP papers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research
Band/Volume: 1046
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Berlin
Verlag: DIW
ISSN: 1864-6689
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften > Statistik u. Sozialwissenschaftliche Methodenlehre (Kreuter 2014-2020)
Fachgebiet: 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Abstract: 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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