Gender Differences in Residential Mobility: The Case of Leaving Home in East Germany
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This paper investigates gender differences in the spatial mobility of young adults when initially leaving their parental home. Using individual data from 11 waves (2000-2010) of the SOEP we examine whether female home leavers in East Germany move across greater distances than males and whether these differences are explained by the gender gap in education. Our results reveal that female home leavers in East Germany are exceptionally mobile. This effect is attributable to their higher propensity of moving to West Germany. Education does not explain these gender differences. JEL classification: C23, J61, R23 * Corresponding author: Ferdinand Geissler, University of Bamberg, Chair of Methods of Empirical Social Research, Feldkirchenstr. 21, 96045 Bamberg, Germany, Tel.: +49-951-8633498, E-mail: [email protected]
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