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Gender Differences in Residential Mobility: The Case of Leaving Home in East Germany

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  • Ferdinand Geissler
  • Thomas Leopold
  • Sebastian Pink

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This paper investigates gender differences in the spatial mobility of young adults when initially leaving their parental home. Using individual data from 11 waves (2000-2010) of the SOEP, we examine whether female home leavers in East Germany move across greater distances than males and whether these differences are explained by the gender gap in education. Our results reveal that female home leavers in East Germany are exceptionally mobile. This effect is attributable to their higher propensity of moving to West Germany. Education does not explain these gender differences.

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  • Ferdinand Geissler & Thomas Leopold & Sebastian Pink, 2012. "Gender Differences in Residential Mobility: The Case of Leaving Home in East Germany," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 493, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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