Regional mobility in early adulthood: the impact of qualifications

Abstract

"This paper presents selected findings on the regional mobility of young adults in West Germany in the 1980s and 1990s on asseses the impact of formal qualification on the process of residental mobility. It draws upon recently collected data from the West German Life History Study (1964 and 1971 birth cohorts). These data allow to observe the mobility patterns of the cohort members over time and also to link this individual-level information with regional-level data. The analyses look at patterns and determinants of individual mobility with a focus on incidence and distance of residential mobility in the context of education, employment and family formation." (author's abstract)