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- Title
Migration within England and Wales and the Housing Market.
- Authors
Cameron, Gavin
- Abstract
Economic conditions exert a strong influence on regional migration. On the one hand, strong labour market conditions, as exemplified by low unemployment rates and high earnings, draw migrants into regions. On the other hand, strong housing market conditions can prevent movement since commuting may often be an alternative to migration. This can be thought of as giving rise to a migration equilibrium where high house prices choke off migration caused by strong labour market conditions. Expected capital gains in housing, however, can offset high levels of house prices, an effect ignored in previous literature. Migration can also be influenced more directly by the availability of housing relative to population without this being mediated through prices. This paper, by Gavin Cameron, John Muellbauer and Anthony Murphy, presents evidence on inter-regional net and gross migration between the regions of England and Wales that is broadly in accord with these expectations.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; WALES; INTERNAL migration; HOUSING market; LABOR market; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Economic Outlook, 2005, Vol 29, Issue 3, p9
- ISSN
0140-489X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0319.2005.00500.x