An Analysis of Trends in Spatial Mobility of Dutch Graduates

Abstract Considerable attention in the literature has been devoted to spatial mobility as a mechanism in the transition from study to work. In this paper, the relationships between migration and both regional economic circumstances and individual characteristics are investigated using a micro-dataset on Dutch college and university graduates. Over the last decade, some Dutch regions have retained increasingly higher proportions of college graduates. We find that the presence of a large labour market is the most important structural economic determinant for these higher retention rates. Cyclical determinants appear to affect university graduate migration more than college graduate migration. Une analyse des tendances dans la mobilite spatiale de diplomes de l'education superieure aux Pays-Bas Reume Differentes publications se sont consacrees dans une grande mesure a la mobilite spatiale, en tant que mecanisme pour la transition de l’etude a la pratique. Dans la presente communication, on se penche sur les ...