In the youth mobility research, young people's geographical immobility is often associated with negative connotations. This paper challenges this discourse by analysing the location-specific insider advantages (LSIAs) of geographically immobile young adults in higher education institutions (HEI). We use data from a survey of students in two locations in Denmark: the peripheral city of Esbjerg and the metropolis of Copenhagen. We categorise students with diverse geographical mobility backgrounds into four (im)mobility types: ‘local stayers’, ‘regional commuters’, ‘regional in-movers’, and ‘distant in-movers’. The paper explores LSIAs across (im)mobility type and location type. We find that immobile students are more likely to have a connection to, and experience with, the local labour market, to be satisfied with their social life, and to live with their parents compared with their geographically mobile peers. However, the advantages differ in type and amount between the peripheral and the urban case locations. We conclude that immobility should be (re)framed as an advantageous strategy for some young adults in early higher education.

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保持利益：高等教育中地理位置不固定的学生在特定地区享有内在优势

在青年流动性研究中，青年人的地域不动经常与负面含义联系在一起。本文通过分析高等教育机构（HEI）中地理上不流动的年轻人的特定于地点的内部人优势（LSIA），对这一论述提出了挑战。我们使用来自丹麦两个地区的学生调查数据：外围城市埃斯比约和哥本哈根。我们将具有不同地域流动性背景的学生分为四种（流动性）流动性类型：“当地居民”，“区域通勤者”，“区域乘车者”和“远程乘车者”。本文探讨了（非）移动类型和位置类型的LSIA。我们发现，行动不便的学生更可能与当地劳动力市场有联系并有经验，以便对他们的社交生活感到满意，并与他们的父母同住，而不是在地理上可比的同伴。但是，周边地区和城市案例的位置在类型和数量上的优势是不同的。我们的结论是，对于早期高等教育中的某些年轻人，应将（不固定的）构架作为一种有利的策略。