Staying or leaving? The effects of university availability on educational choices and rural depopulation
Abstract Universities are often viewed as engines of local economic growth that could mitigate rural depopulation. However, university studies might make individuals more prone to move. We explore this issue in a quasi‐experiment arising due to a sudden reduction in the number of student places at a...
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crwiley:10.1111/pirs.12530 2023-12-03T10:27:55+01:00 Staying or leaving? The effects of university availability on educational choices and rural depopulation Lovén, Ida Hammarlund, Cecilia Nordin, Martin 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12530 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fpirs.12530 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pirs.12530 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/pirs.12530 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Papers in Regional Science volume 99, issue 5, page 1339-1365 ISSN 1056-8190 1435-5957 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2020 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12530 2023-11-09T13:24:32Z Abstract Universities are often viewed as engines of local economic growth that could mitigate rural depopulation. However, university studies might make individuals more prone to move. We explore this issue in a quasi‐experiment arising due to a sudden reduction in the number of student places at a regional university in northern Sweden in 1998. We find that the reduction in student places affected both educational choices and long‐term migration. Women studied at a university further from home and became more mobile, while men neither studied nor moved. Also, to study at a distant university had a larger impact on migration than studies nearby. This heterogeneity contributes to the understanding of how education affects migration from rural areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Papers in Regional Science 99 5 1339 1365 |
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Abstract Universities are often viewed as engines of local economic growth that could mitigate rural depopulation. However, university studies might make individuals more prone to move. We explore this issue in a quasi‐experiment arising due to a sudden reduction in the number of student places at a regional university in northern Sweden in 1998. We find that the reduction in student places affected both educational choices and long‐term migration. Women studied at a university further from home and became more mobile, while men neither studied nor moved. Also, to study at a distant university had a larger impact on migration than studies nearby. This heterogeneity contributes to the understanding of how education affects migration from rural areas. |
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Staying or leaving? The effects of university availability on educational choices and rural depopulation |
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