Investigating the effects of employment-housing change on migration: evidence from Japan
✍ Scribed by Portnov, Boris A. ;Kim, Doo-Chul ;Ishikawa, Yoshitaka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 408 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1077-3495
- DOI
- 10.1002/ijpg.218
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The effect of employment growth on internal migration depends on corresponding adjustments of the local housing market. If employment growth in a geographical area is accompanied by a sharp increase in housing prices, the net outcome may be net out‐migration rather than migration gain. In the present paper, this concept is tested using statistical data available for 47 prefectures in Japan. The analysis covers the two five‐year periods of 1983–87 and 1988–92, and confirms that the use of a combined representation of employment and housing variables makes it possible to improve considerably the performance of an empirical migration model. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.