On the move: explaining migration patterns in Estonia during the transition period
✍ Scribed by Tammaru, Tiit ;Sjöberg, Örjan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1077-3495
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✦ Synopsis
Contrary to the indications of of®cial statistics, recent research suggests that internal migration in Estonia may in fact be predominantly urban-bound. Applying a loosely structurationist approach to analyse sample survey data collected in 1997, this paper attempts to explore why urban areas are attractive as a destination, and why many migrants moving to urban areas, unlike those leaving for the countryside, fail to register. Differential urban±rural and regional development are the important factors helping to explain the nature and direction of migratory ¯ows in Estonia during the transition period, while the (partial) removal of constraints operating in urban housing markets facilitates the decision to move. As for non-registration of residential relocation, the practice is mostly associated with migrants aged 35 or below. This is a group that, for a variety of reasons, has a rather special standing with respect to access to, and ownership of, residential property.