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Where are we heading?

Ramm-Ericson, Clara LU and Gunnarsson, Ingrid LU (2022) NEKH02 20221
Department of Economics
Abstract
The migration patterns of newly graduated students have implications for regional development, as the attraction and retention of high-educated individuals is important for the innovation and productivity of the regional labor market. Moreover, imbalances in the migration flows may create or amplify regional discrepancies. The study focuses on the demographic characteristics of the graduates from Lund University moving to urban, suburban or rural municipalities in Sweden after graduation and what regional factors affect the choice of location. Descriptive statistics are presented to analyze the demographic characteristics and a multivariate regression analysis is performed to analyze to what extent regional factors contribute to the choice... (More)
The migration patterns of newly graduated students have implications for regional development, as the attraction and retention of high-educated individuals is important for the innovation and productivity of the regional labor market. Moreover, imbalances in the migration flows may create or amplify regional discrepancies. The study focuses on the demographic characteristics of the graduates from Lund University moving to urban, suburban or rural municipalities in Sweden after graduation and what regional factors affect the choice of location. Descriptive statistics are presented to analyze the demographic characteristics and a multivariate regression analysis is performed to analyze to what extent regional factors contribute to the choice of location. The independent variables, i.e., the regional factors, reflect the labor market, geography, economy and quality of life of the municipalities. We found three factors to be especially important for the choice of location for graduates from Lund University: labor market opportunities, proximity to Lund, and like-mindedness of the population in the municipality. (Less)
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author
Ramm-Ericson, Clara LU and Gunnarsson, Ingrid LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
graduate migration, urbanity, municipalities, regression analysis
language
English
id
9087863
date added to LUP
2022-10-10 09:06:26
date last changed
2022-10-10 09:06:26
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  abstract     = {{The migration patterns of newly graduated students have implications for regional development, as the attraction and retention of high-educated individuals is important for the innovation and productivity of the regional labor market. Moreover, imbalances in the migration flows may create or amplify regional discrepancies. The study focuses on the demographic characteristics of the graduates from Lund University moving to urban, suburban or rural municipalities in Sweden after graduation and what regional factors affect the choice of location. Descriptive statistics are presented to analyze the demographic characteristics and a multivariate regression analysis is performed to analyze to what extent regional factors contribute to the choice of location. The independent variables, i.e., the regional factors, reflect the labor market, geography, economy and quality of life of the municipalities. We found three factors to be especially important for the choice of location for graduates from Lund University: labor market opportunities, proximity to Lund, and like-mindedness of the population in the municipality.}},
  author       = {{Ramm-Ericson, Clara and Gunnarsson, Ingrid}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Where are we heading?}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}