ABSTRACT

This study explores the relationship between mobility patterns, occupational choices and performance outcomes of university graduates from metropolitan and peripheral areas. After statistical matching, we find opposite outcomes for geographically mobile wage earners and entrepreneurs. Graduates from the periphery who stay in the study region to work have an inferior performance outcome compared with those who move to the metropolitan region. This ‘penalty’ is not present for non-movers in metropolitan areas. Non-mobile entrepreneurs benefit from attachment to their home region, in particular in the periphery. These findings can help direct regional policy aimed at retaining graduates and promoting regional development.

摘要

本研究探讨了来自大都市和周边地区的大学毕业生的流动模式、职业选择和绩效结果之间的关系。经过统计匹配，我们发现地理上流动的工薪阶层和企业家的结果相反。与搬到大都市区的毕业生相比，留在研究地区工作的外围毕业生的表现较差。对于大都市地区的非搬家者来说，这种“惩罚”是不存在的。非流动企业家受益于对家乡地区的依恋，特别是在外围地区。这些发现有助于指导旨在留住毕业生和促进区域发展的区域政策。