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The paper explores why internal migration rates fell in England and Wales between1971 to 1981 and 2001 to 2011. It considers all‐address changing rates, short‐distancemigration (address changes involving moves of 10 km or less) and long‐distancemigration (moves of 50 km or more). It does so by using the Blinder–Oaxaca methodto decompose the differences between the 2 time periods into a compositional component(changes in the aggregate migration rate attributable to increases or decreases inmore or less migratory groups of the population) and a rate component—the extent towhich these population groups behave differently in the 2 time periods. The analysisfinds that changing population structure since the 1970s does not fully account forthe observed decreases. Instead, it seems that changed migratory behaviour and inparticular, a large general downward effect that cuts across all population groups arethe most important component. The greater decrease in address changing observedfor all moves and those of less than 10 km (compared with longer distance moves) pointsthe search for further explanations in the direction of factors known to be associatedwith short‐distance moves such as the housing market, and this is identified as anavenue for more research.
Author(s): Shuttleworth I, Cooke T, Champion T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Population, Space and Place
Year: 2019
Volume: 25
Issue: 2
Print publication date: 01/03/2019
Online publication date: 03/05/2018
Acceptance date: 29/03/2018
Date deposited: 18/06/2018
ISSN (print): 1544-8444
ISSN (electronic): 1544-8452
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2167
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2167
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