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Rent and Relocation

Ranje, Christian LU (2025) EOSK12 20251
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This thesis presents a quantitative analysis of the extent to which changes in regional rental housing costs influence internal net migration among young adults aged 20 to 29 across Sweden’s 21 counties between 2016 and 2024. Using a balanced panel dataset and a two-way fixed effects regression model, the study investigates whether rising rental prices constrain mobility into opportunity-rich but high-cost regions. Alongside rent levels, the analysis incorporates regional income, housing supply, and student population as explanatory variables. The results show that higher rents are significantly associated with lower net youth migration, even when controlling for income and other structural factors. In contrast, an increase in newly... (More)
This thesis presents a quantitative analysis of the extent to which changes in regional rental housing costs influence internal net migration among young adults aged 20 to 29 across Sweden’s 21 counties between 2016 and 2024. Using a balanced panel dataset and a two-way fixed effects regression model, the study investigates whether rising rental prices constrain mobility into opportunity-rich but high-cost regions. Alongside rent levels, the analysis incorporates regional income, housing supply, and student population as explanatory variables. The results show that higher rents are significantly associated with lower net youth migration, even when controlling for income and other structural factors. In contrast, an increase in newly completed dwellings is consistently linked to higher in-migration among young adults, indicating that housing supply plays a key role in enabling residential mobility. These findings support theoretical perspectives from push-pull and human capital models, highlighting housing affordability as a structural determinant of internal migration. By providing national-level evidence from Sweden, the study contributes to the literature on migration and housing economics and informs ongoing policy discussions about how regional housing markets influence demographic and spatial inequality. (Less)
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author
Ranje, Christian LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Housing Affordability and Internal Youth Migration Across Swedish Counties, 2016-2024
course
EOSK12 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Youth Migration, Housing Affordability, Internal Migration, Sweden, Fixed Effects Model.
language
English
id
9201234
date added to LUP
2025-06-17 14:26:30
date last changed
2025-06-17 14:26:30
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  abstract     = {{This thesis presents a quantitative analysis of the extent to which changes in regional rental housing costs influence internal net migration among young adults aged 20 to 29 across Sweden’s 21 counties between 2016 and 2024. Using a balanced panel dataset and a two-way fixed effects regression model, the study investigates whether rising rental prices constrain mobility into opportunity-rich but high-cost regions. Alongside rent levels, the analysis incorporates regional income, housing supply, and student population as explanatory variables. The results show that higher rents are significantly associated with lower net youth migration, even when controlling for income and other structural factors. In contrast, an increase in newly completed dwellings is consistently linked to higher in-migration among young adults, indicating that housing supply plays a key role in enabling residential mobility. These findings support theoretical perspectives from push-pull and human capital models, highlighting housing affordability as a structural determinant of internal migration. By providing national-level evidence from Sweden, the study contributes to the literature on migration and housing economics and informs ongoing policy discussions about how regional housing markets influence demographic and spatial inequality.}},
  author       = {{Ranje, Christian}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rent and Relocation}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}