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Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on internal migration during the economic crisis in Spain

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  • Isabel Palomares-Linares
  • Maarten van Ham

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This paper seeks to understand better the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on inter-provincial migration during the recent economic crisis in Spain. It uses rich individual-level microdata from the last two Spanish censuses (2001–2011) to study migration. The findings suggest that regional unemployment levels do not have a strong impact on internal migration in the period analyzed. However, homeownership is a key explanatory factor of immobility, which became more important in 2011 compared with 2001. This immobility effect of homeownership is stronger in depressed regions, which suggests that some people may be trapped in their dwellings, or the security of homeownership becomes essential when the structural conditions are unfavourable.

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  • Isabel Palomares-Linares & Maarten van Ham, 2020. "Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on internal migration during the economic crisis in Spain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(4), pages 515-526, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:54:y:2020:i:4:p:515-526
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1502420
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    1. Juan C. Palomino & Juan G. Rodríguez & Raquel Sebastian, 2023. "The COVID-19 shock on the labour market: poverty and inequality effects across Spanish regions," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(5), pages 814-828, May.
    2. Adolfo Maza, 2020. "Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach," Economies, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-19, July.
    3. Cindy Biesenbeek, 2022. "The Effect of Unemployment on Interregional Migration in the Netherlands," Working Papers 753, DNB.
    4. Jonne A. K. Thomassen & Isabel Palomares-Linares & Viktor A. Venhorst & Clara H. Mulder, 2023. "Local Ties as Self-Reported Constraints to Internal Migration in Spain," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 39(1), pages 1-37, December.
    5. Gaetano Lisi, 2022. "Homeownership and unemployment," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(4), pages 2308-2312.

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