The laws of attraction: Economic drivers of inter-regional migration, housing costs and the role of policies

Orsetta Causa ; Michael Abendschein ; Maria Chiara Cavalleri

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: social protection;    regional economic conditions;    regional disparities;    regional house prices;    labour markets;    Internal migration;    regional mobility;    structural policies;    place-based policies;    housing markets;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/da8e368a-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

This paper sheds light on inter-regional migration, housing and the role of policies, drawing on a new comparative cross-country approach. The results show that OECD countries exhibit stark variation in both levels and trends in inter-regional migration, which is found to be highly responsive to local housing and economic conditions. In turn, a large number of policies in the area of housing, labour markets, social protection and product markets influence the responsiveness of inter-regional migration to local economic conditions. For instance, more flexible housing supply makes inter-regional migration more responsive to local economic conditions while higher regulatory barriers to business start-ups and entry in professions significantly reduce the responsiveness of inter-regional mobility to local economic conditions. The capacity of workers to move regions in response to local economic shocks is one key dimension of labour market dynamism which could, at the current juncture, contribute to the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. In this context, the paper proposes articulating structural with place-based policies to help prospective movers as well as stayers.