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Who Moves to Depressed Regions? An Analysis of Migration Streams in Finland in the 1990s

Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland, Merja.Kauhanen{at}labour.fi

Hannu Tervo

School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, htervo{at}tase.jyu.fi

Depressed regions typically lose a large number of migrants but simultaneously are destination regions for some migrants. This study analyzes those people who decided to move to depressed regions in Finland in 1993-1996. The analysis is based on a 1 percent sample drawn from the Finnish longitudinal census. The results show that migration into depressed regions is also a selective process. Return migration is only one part of this migration. However, the more educated an individual is, the more likely she or he is to move to a flourishing region. The process of concentration of human capital is reinforced by interregional migration.

International Regional Science Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, 200-218 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/016001702762481249


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