Locus of control and internal migration
- We model migration across domestic labor markets (internal migration) as the outcome of a job search process in which job seekers form subjective beliefs about the return search effort that are related to their locus of control. Job seekers with an internal locus of control are predicted to search across larger geographic areas and migrate more frequently as a result. We empirically test the relationship between locus of control and the propensity to migrate using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We find that not only do individuals with an internal locus of control express more willingness to migrate, they do in fact also migrate more often.
| Verfasserangaben: | Marco CaliendoORCiDGND, Deborah A. Cobb-ClarkORCiDGND, Juliane HenneckeORCiDGND, Arne UhlendorffORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.103468 |
| ISSN: | 0166-0462 |
| ISSN: | 1879-2308 |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Regional science and urban economics |
| Verlag: | Elsevier |
| Verlagsort: | Amsterdam |
| Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2019 |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 11.10.2020 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Internal migration; Job search; Locus of control; Mobility |
| Band: | 79 |
| Seitenanzahl: | 19 |
| Fördernde Institution: | University of MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne; Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research; Australian Research CouncilAustralian Research Council [DP110103456, CE140100027]; [ANR-11-IDEX-0003/Labex Ecodec/ANR-11-LABX-0047] |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
| Peer Review: | Referiert |
