Migration Research during Economic and Social Fluctuations

A Review of British Internal Migration since the 1980s

Abstract

This paper reviews studies of British internal migration since the 1980s. During the wide economic and political fluctuations of the era, the main themes had been: how migration responded to disequilibrium in local labour markets; how the British housing system related to labour immobility; and how different experiences of different socioeconomic groups affected the migration behaviour of each group.