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SOME EVIDENCE THAT WOMEN ARE MORE MOBILE THAN MEN: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN U.K. GRADUATE MIGRATION BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Faggian Alessandra,
McCann Philip,
Sheppard Stephen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00518.x
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , human capital , compensation (psychology) , demographic economics , economics , psychology , labour economics , social psychology , economic growth , computer science , machine learning
In this paper we employ dichotomous, multinomial and conditional logit models to analyze the employment‐migration behavior of some 380,000 U.K. university graduates. By controlling for a range of variables related to human capital acquisition and local economic conditions, we are able to distinguish between different types of sequential migration behavior from domicile to higher education and on to employment. Our findings indicate that U.K. female graduates are generally more migratory than male graduates. We suggest that the explanation for this result lies in the fact that migration can be used as a partial compensation mechanism for gender bias in the labor market.