Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility

Using anonymised cellphone data, we study how social networks shape residential mobility decisions. Individuals with few local contacts are more likely to change residence. Movers strongly prefer neighbourhoods where they already know more people nearby. Contacts matter because proximity to them is...

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Autores: Buchel, Konstantin, Ehrlich, Maximilian V., Puga, Diego, Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/175492
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175492
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mobilitat residencial
Xarxes socials
Residential mobility
Social networks
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spelling Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobilityBuchel, KonstantinEhrlich, Maximilian V.Puga, DiegoViladecans Marsal, ElisabetMobilitat residencialXarxes socialsResidential mobilitySocial networksUsing anonymised cellphone data, we study how social networks shape residential mobility decisions. Individuals with few local contacts are more likely to change residence. Movers strongly prefer neighbourhoods where they already know more people nearby. Contacts matter because proximity to them is valuable and makes attractive locations more enjoyable. They also provide hard-to-find local information and reduce frictions, especially in home-search. Effects are not driven by similar people being more likely to be friends and move between certain locations. Recently-moved and more central contacts are particularly influential. With age, proximity to family gains importance over friends.Elsevier2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/175492Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2020.103277Journal of Urban Economics, 2020, vol. 119, num. 103277https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2020.103277info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/695107cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1754922026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
spellingShingle Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
Buchel, Konstantin
Mobilitat residencial
Xarxes socials
Residential mobility
Social networks
title_short Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
title_full Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
title_fullStr Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
title_full_unstemmed Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
title_sort Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Buchel, Konstantin
Ehrlich, Maximilian V.
Puga, Diego
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
author Buchel, Konstantin
author_facet Buchel, Konstantin
Ehrlich, Maximilian V.
Puga, Diego
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
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Puga, Diego
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mobilitat residencial
Xarxes socials
Residential mobility
Social networks
topic Mobilitat residencial
Xarxes socials
Residential mobility
Social networks
description Using anonymised cellphone data, we study how social networks shape residential mobility decisions. Individuals with few local contacts are more likely to change residence. Movers strongly prefer neighbourhoods where they already know more people nearby. Contacts matter because proximity to them is valuable and makes attractive locations more enjoyable. They also provide hard-to-find local information and reduce frictions, especially in home-search. Effects are not driven by similar people being more likely to be friends and move between certain locations. Recently-moved and more central contacts are particularly influential. With age, proximity to family gains importance over friends.
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