Commuting and migration |
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Authors: | Jan K. Brueckner Lenka Št'astná |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, California;2. Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | This paper studies the connection between interregional commuting and interregional migration, using data from the Czech Republic. In principle, prior commuting could either raise or lower the propensity to migrate, depending on whether the existence of commuting alters the benefits of migration by more than it changes the costs. The Czech data, however, indicate that commuting raises the likelihood of migration overall and for nonelderly age groups. But for the elderly, the effect is the reverse, with prior commuting making migration less likely. |
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Keywords: | commuting Czech Republic migration |
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