Previous work has found that adult children of international migrants in Western Europe have lower internal migration rates than individuals of native origin. This gap is important for differences in well-being, educational opportunities, and labor market outcomes. So far, however, little is known about the reasons for the greater geographical stability of migrant children. Theories suggest that structural differences such as economic resources as well as preferences for living near family may explain their lower internal migration rates. The current study tests these explanations by examining unique longitudinal register data from the Netherlands in which we follow the internal migration trajectories of people aged 18–50 in an observation window of 16 years between 2006 and 2022. We compare individuals of native origin with children of immigrants from Turkey and Morocco, two of the largest migrant populations in the country. Event history models confirmed that once socio-demographic characteristics were controlled for, children of migrants were less likely to migrate internally than individuals of native origin. Mediation analysis showed that economic resources did not explain the negative association; instead, the lower migration rates observed among children of migrants were mediated by geographical proximity to kin. Because migrant family networks are more geographically concentrated, children of migrants are more often discouraged from moving away. These findings highlight the pivotal role of family networks in explaining migrant-native differences in migration decision-making.

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为什么移民子女的地理流动性较小？审视经济劣势和家庭网络的作用


先前的研究发现，西欧国际移民的成年子女的国内迁移率低于本土出生的人。这种差距对于福祉、教育机会和劳动力市场结果的差异非常重要。然而，迄今为止，人们对流动儿童地理稳定性更强的原因知之甚少。理论表明，经济资源等结构性差异以及对家庭附近居住的偏好可能解释了他们较低的内部迁移率。目前的研究通过检查来自荷兰的独特纵向登记数据来检验这些解释，在这些数据中，我们在 2006 年至 2022 年间的 16 年观察窗口中追踪了 18 至 50 岁人群的内部迁移轨迹。来自土耳其和摩洛哥的移民，这两个国家是该国最大的移民人口。事件历史模型证实，一旦控制了社会人口特征，移民的子女就比本地人的子女更不可能在国内迁移。中介分析表明，经济资源并不能解释负关联；相反，移民子女的移徙率较低是由于亲属的地理距离较近造成的。由于农民工家庭网络在地理上更加集中，农民工子女往往更不愿意离开。这些发现强调了家庭网络在解释移民决策中移民与本土差异方面的关键作用。