Does frequent internet use increase the propensity to change address? UK evidence from Understanding Society on mobility preferences, expectations and moves.
Long‐term declines in rates of internal migration have been widely documented in many developed economies. Accompanying this decline has been a proliferation in the everyday use of new technologies such as the internet. New communication technologies have been theorised to influence migration decisi...
| Publicado en: | Population Space & Place Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2024
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