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Graduate Migration and Regional Familiarity
Author(s) -
Venhorst Viktor A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12000
Subject(s) - destinations , institution , work (physics) , economic geography , higher education , graduate students , geography , demographic economics , regional science , sociology , economic growth , economics , pedagogy , tourism , social science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , engineering
This paper provides insights into the spatial mobility patterns of young graduates in the N etherlands. Both home‐to‐ HEI (higher education institution) as well as HEI ‐to‐work mobility results in net flows towards the central economic region of the N etherlands. However, many graduates move within the larger central and peripheral regions and these flows are focused on cities. There is a strong regional component to graduate mobility as origins and destinations tend to be relatively close to the chosen HEI . Flows seem to be influenced by regional familiarity, with relatively many graduates moving back to familiar home regions. Often, a city's young graduate labour force and graduate residents have studied at a local HEI . Cities close to the economic core areas benefit from outflows of graduates from the largest employment centres.