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Welcome back! The impact of ‘return initiatives’ on return migration to rural regions

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article studies the effect of return initiatives in rural regions of Germany on interregional return migration. The initiatives aim to increase return migration by, amongst other things, providing information on local employment opportunities and personal support to workers interested in returning to find a job in the former rural region of residence. Analysing administrative data on individual labour market trajectories through survival analysis and difference-in-differences estimation, we find that return initiatives, on average, promote interregional return migration. Among the considered workers, particularly those in the middle and at the top of the wage distribution are more likely to return.

Source: Journal of Economic Geography

DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae028

Authors: Moritz Meister, Jan Cornelius Peters, Anja Rossen

Institutions: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut

Language: English

Topic: Migration and Labor Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,664