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Migration, social stratification, and dynamic effects on subjective well-being

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Authors and Corporations: Erlinghagen, Marcel (Author), Kern, Christoph (Author), Stein, Petra (Author)
Other Authors: Kern, Christoph 1984- [Author] • Stein, Petra 1964- [Author]
Type of Resource: E-Book
Language: English
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Series: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 1046 (2019)
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Source: Verbunddaten SWB
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Summary: Using German panel data and relying on internal relocation, this paper investigates the anticipation and adaptation of subjective well-being (SWB) in the course of migration. We hypothesize that SWB correlates with the process of migration, and that such correlations are at least partly socially stratified. Our fixed-effects regressions show no evidence of any anticipation of SWB before the event of migration, but a highly significant and sustained positive adaptation effect. In general, internal migration seems to lead to a long-lasting increase in SWB. This is found to be the case for almost all analyzed socioeconomic and socio-demographic subgroups. The migration distance, the reasons for migration, and the individuals' socio-demographic characteristics do not appear to have any important effects on the overall observed pattern. Our results suggest that regional mobility is less a response to certain stressors, but is, rather, a response to an opportunity to improve job- or housing-related living conditions, and that these improved conditions are reflected in individuals' SWB. Thus, migration under these circumstances is triggered by opportunities rather than by constraints.
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