Population, Space and Place
Volume 24, Issue 3, 2018

The effects of information and communication technologies on residential mobility and migration (Article)

Cooke T.J.* , Shuttleworth I.
  • a Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
  • b School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom

Abstract

A common presumption is that the widespread adoption of advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last several decades enhances residential mobility and migration. This research critically evaluates this presumption from the perspective of the long-term decline in residential mobility and migration in many developed countries and concludes that ICTs are capable of both enhancing and impeding residential mobility and migration. Estimates from an instrumental variable model of residential mobility and migration using data from the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study indicate a large negative effect of ICTs on residential change and smaller negative effect on migration. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Index Keywords

residential mobility Northern Ireland United Kingdom information and communication technology migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032370673&doi=10.1002%2fpsp.2111&partnerID=40&md5=4e25591bcca28d6dcb1d7840d5e26216
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2111
ISSN: 15448444
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English