Junqiao Ma, Anbang Wang, Sixuan Luo, Zongyuan Weng, Ke He
{"title":"Where to Go: How Does Digital Finance Influence Labor Mobility Preferences? — A Dual Perspective on Regional and Industry Mobility","authors":"Junqiao Ma, Anbang Wang, Sixuan Luo, Zongyuan Weng, Ke He","doi":"10.1002/psp.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using data from the 2011–2018 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, which includes over 1.1 million observations, along with the Peking University Digital Financial Inclusion Index, this paper investigates the impact of digital finance on cross-regional labor mobility and Interindustry movement. The results indicate that regional digital finance disrupts the traditional “proximity mobility preference” of rural labor, thereby broadening the geographic scope of migration. Specifically, it reduces mobility across counties while increasing mobility across cities and provinces. The study finds that rural low-skilled and middle-skilled workers are more likely to transition into the tertiary sector after migrating across provinces. This movement is driven by income incentives and reduced costs. For low-skilled rural labor, regional digital finance encourages provincial mobility and entry into the tertiary sector by raising wage levels and reducing information costs. For middle-skilled rural labor, the same effect occurs through higher relative income and lower job-search costs. This study offers new insights into optimizing labor mobility and industrial patterns in the context of digital finance development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time to Leave: Emigration Tendencies in Hong Kong After the 1997 Handover and the 2019 Social Movement","authors":"Ka Wang Kelvin Lam, Eric Fong","doi":"10.1002/psp.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article aims to expand the scope of migration research by examining politically driven migration. Drawing from the immigration literature, we distinguish between two forms of politically driven migration, which can be a risk-averse response to an unknown political future or an expression of dissatisfaction with governments or policies. We substantiate our arguments with evidence from the emigration tendencies of Hong Kong residents after the 1997 handover and the 2019 social movement. We argue that the intention to emigrate after 1997 was driven by a desire to reduce the perceived risks associated with the unknown political future brought about by the transfer of sovereignty. The intention to emigrate after 2019 reflects residents' dissatisfaction with the current political and social arrangements in Hong Kong, particularly as individuals have paid a price to voice for change during the social movement, only to see limited success and a shrinking space for expressing dissenting opinions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary Crea-Arsenio, K. Bruce Newbold, Andrea Baumann, Margaret Walton-Roberts
{"title":"Employment Integration of Recent Immigrants in a Canadian Mid-Sized City: An Emerging Model","authors":"Mary Crea-Arsenio, K. Bruce Newbold, Andrea Baumann, Margaret Walton-Roberts","doi":"10.1002/psp.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With international migration on the rise and the critical need for labour in the global north, governments are increasingly focused on the employment integration of immigrants. Studies demonstrate that where immigrants choose to settle has an impact on how effectively they integrate into employment. In Canada, there has been a shift in immigrant settlement patterns away from large urban centres toward small and mid-sized cities. Understanding how local context shapes the employment integration of newcomers in their first few years of arrival is critical in informing policy to improve employment outcomes. Using a case study approach, this study explores the employment experiences of recent immigrants in a mid-sized city in Ontario, Canada to identify challenges and opportunities they face integrating into the local labour market. Findings were framed into an emerging model of immigrant employment-seeking strategies that identified how individual and contextual factors affect immigrant labour market integration. At the individual level, despite employing several strategies, most immigrants found themselves in low-skilled positions. At the city level, challenges were associated with a concentration of specific industries with a lower demand for diverse skill sets. Providing support at critical points of the integration process including prearrival and during the initial years postmigration can accelerate the uptake of immigrants into commensurate employment. This study contributes to further understanding of the important role of cities in ensuring the efficient and effective employment integration of immigrants into the Canadian labour market.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Marigil-Alba, Gustavo Romanillos, Juan Carlos García-Palomares, Raquel Sánchez-Cauce
{"title":"Metropolitan Migratory Trends in the Post-Pandemic Context. Analysis of the Madrid Region Based on Mobile Phone Network Data","authors":"Carlos Marigil-Alba, Gustavo Romanillos, Juan Carlos García-Palomares, Raquel Sánchez-Cauce","doi":"10.1002/psp.70017","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper aims to enrich the current literature on the study of migratory movements in the context of COVID-19 and the post-pandemic period. While most of the studies on this topic measure migration using official registers, we propose a new methodology based on the leverage of mobile phone network data, taken from the Madrid region, as a case study. While the use of such data are common in other fields, such as transport and mobility planning, we demonstrate their usefulness in the study of migration. Analysing the case of Madrid, we find new evidence of the changes in migratory trends during COVID-19, of increased immigration into rural and outer suburban areas and emigration from core urban areas. A geographical description of the new migration trends is provided on different scales (from the national to the metropolitan and municipal scale, including small urban transportation zones), and by socioeconomic group. In addition, we provide some ideas about these trends in the post-pandemic context, as the evolution of migratory trends varies for different groups.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastien Dujardin, Anna Amalia B. Vibar, Robert Paulus, Stefan Kienberger, Catherine Linard
{"title":"Dynamic Social Vulnerability Mapping Using Facebook Data","authors":"Sebastien Dujardin, Anna Amalia B. Vibar, Robert Paulus, Stefan Kienberger, Catherine Linard","doi":"10.1002/psp.70022","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Assessing populations exposed to climate change impacts traditionally relies upon census data estimations. Yet, these only provide a static picture of risk since censuses are often undertaken and released over long periods and thus cannot be updated regularly. In this study, we investigate how to leverage multi-temporal geolocated social media data from Meta-Facebook and assess spatio-temporal variations of population exposure and vulnerability to climate-related risks. Building upon advanced spatial analytical methods, we address the selection bias of social media datasets and further analyse how population exposure varies daily, weekly, and seasonally during a 4-month typhoon-free period in the Philippines in 2021. Results show how changes in population density combined with varying levels of social vulnerability can increase the size of the population exposed to hazard events at specific periods and places, even in scenarios where population movements are constrained. When comparing daytime with nighttime exposure, less vulnerable areas presented a decrease in population density, while areas with higher social vulnerability showed a population increase. An opposite trend, however, was observed during the weekend and holiday periods, with an increase in population in less vulnerable areas. While limitations remain regarding the study period and the representativeness of social media data, our findings contribute to guiding disaster risk reduction strategies and support climate-resilient pathways in complementarity with traditional data sources and field-based practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Displacement in Activities Space? Identification of Activity-Space-Based Gentrification via Mobile Phone Data","authors":"Yang Xiao, Yanglinxi Zhang","doi":"10.1002/psp.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study introduces the notion of ‘activity-space-based gentrification’, emphasising the displacement and exclusion of low-income populations within activity spaces. Research on conventional gentrification primarily focuses on residential dimensions, neglecting the various forms of displacement risk encountered by individuals. Thus, we selected the waterfront areas of the ‘Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek’ in Shanghai as the focal point of our research and employed mobile phone data from China Unicom for the years 2017 and 2021 to demonstrate the phenomenon of activity-space-based gentrification. Our findings validate the occurrence of activity-space-based gentrification, evidenced by the improvement of spatial quality and subsequent increases in the socio-economic status of the participants in the activity. The proposed methodology also confirms that ICT big data techniques are applicable to gentrification research, identifying activity-based demographic shifts following urban redevelopment.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Do Summer Temperatures Affect Domestic Migrants' Settlement Intention? Evidence From China","authors":"Fang Xu, Shengxue Mao, He Zhu","doi":"10.1002/psp.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>As global temperatures continue to rise, the relationship between temperature and migration has gradually become an important area of research. This study constructs a climate migration model to analyze how summer temperatures affect domestic migrants' settlement intention, and empirically tests their relationship using data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey in 2016–2018. We find an inverted ‘U’ shaped nonlinear relationship between summer temperatures and migrants' settlement intention. That is, migrants are more willing to stay in the cities where they currently live for a long period when summer temperatures are more moderate. The inverted ‘U’ shaped opening becomes smaller among new-generation migrants, agricultural Hukou migrants and unmarried migrants. Those migrants show higher sensitivity to summer temperatures. We also empirically demonstrate two mechanisms through which summer temperatures affect settlement intention——the health effect and the integration effect. Additionally, we show that community health education can mitigate the negative impact of summer temperatures. This study extends current research in the fields of climate and migration, with important practical significance for fostering urban labor accumulation and the sustainable development of cities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual and Spatial Determinants of Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Belgium in 2020","authors":"Mélanie Bourguignon, Joan Damiens, Yoann Doignon, Thierry Eggerickx, Audrey Plavsic, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Aurélie Bertrand","doi":"10.1002/psp.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Covid-19 pandemic marked the year 2020. In Belgium, it led to a doubling in deaths, mainly grouped into two periods. This article aims to compare the relative importance of predictors and individual and spatial determinants of mortality during these two waves to an equivalent non-pandemic period and to identify whether and to what extent the pandemic has altered the sociodemographic patterns of conventional mortality. The analyses relate to all-cause mortality during the two waves of Covid-19 and their equivalent in 2019. They are based on matching individual and exhaustive data from the Belgian National Register with tax and population census data. A multi-level approach combining individual and spatial determinants was adopted. Mortality patterns during and outside the pandemic are very similar. As in 2019, age, sex, and household composition significantly determine the individual risk of dying, with a higher risk of death among the oldest people, men, and residents of collective households. However, their risk of death increases during the Covid period, especially in the 65–79 age group. Spatial information is no more significant in 2020 than in 2019. However, a higher risk of death is observed when the local excess mortality index or the communal proportions of single-person households or disadvantaged people increase. While the Covid pandemic did not fundamentally alter conventional mortality patterns, it did amplify some of the pre-existing differences in mortality.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143645680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal and Cross-Country (Dis)Similarities in Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of 23 European Countries","authors":"Zafer Buyukkececi","doi":"10.1002/psp.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent decades, the transition to adulthood in Europe has received significant research interest. This study uses data from two rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS) to explore longitudinal work and family life courses through a multichannel sequence analysis. This method examines individual work and family events within a holistic context, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of how these events interrelate and quantifies similarities and differences in life courses across various indicators of adulthood. To further understand these transitions, the study employs dyadic regressions to identify both temporal and cross-country similarities and differences. It also introduces a novel approach that evaluates life courses based on substantive patterns and quantitative differences. The findings reveal that individuals from the same country and cohort generally exhibit more similar life courses. Postwar cohorts show the highest level of similarity in their life courses, while younger generations exhibit greater dissimilarity with other cohorts. Yet, within these younger cohorts, there is a trend towards increased homogeneity, indicating a re-standardization of life courses. The study also highlights regional variations: Southern European countries and those with liberal welfare systems show the most pronounced differences in the transition to adulthood, while Central and Eastern European countries experience the least de-standardization. Additionally, new patterns of transitioning to adulthood appear to be spreading from Northern Europe to other regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low-Income Rates in Suburban Neighbourhoods","authors":"Timo M. Kauppinen, Aleksi Karhula","doi":"10.1002/psp.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Socioeconomic residential segregation has been increasing in many cities in Europe and globally. Selective migration is usually considered the main mechanism shaping the socioeconomic trajectories of neighbourhoods, although some studies have suggested it to have only minor contributions. However, it is worth looking, how persons in different life course situations affect these trajectories by their moves or income mobility. Living in a low-income neighbourhood may be related to a ‘transit stage’ in the life course, for example in the beginning of the work, housing, and family careers, and if the declining income level in the neighbourhood is related to such situations, it may be less indicative of problems in the area. This study explores how selective migration and income mobility have contributed to the income trajectories of suburban neighbourhoods experiencing downward trend in their income level in Finnish cities between 1997 and 2019, and how these contributions are related to different life course situations. We use individual-level register-based panel data covering the complete population of Finland and decomposition methods. Our findings emphasise the central role of selective migration in the increasing low-income rates. Particularly the residential mobility of young childless adults, commonly students, has increased the low-income populations. However, the main difference to other types of neighbourhoods is the net loss of employed middle-aged Finnish-born non-low-income residents. This calls for policies improving the attractiveness of these neighbourhoods for the non-low-income population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"31 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}