Abstract
New university graduates are highly geographically mobile, but, as the literature has shown, often struggle in the labour market, working in non-graduate level jobs or in a field different from the one for which they are qualified. In this context, inter-industry moves can act as complements or substitutes for geographical moves, with graduates reacting to job mismatches by either changing location, industry, or both. Self-selection is also likely; industry movers may differ from non-movers in ways that also affect their career outcomes. We analyse the relationship between migration and inter-industry moves using longitudinal microdata for 7060 recent UK graduates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 353-385 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Geography |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 29 Jan 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2015 |
Keywords
- graduates
- human capital
- inter-regional migration
- self-selection
