Presented by QICSS in collaboration with CRDCN and CIRANO

On Zoom – January 18, 2024 – 12:15 p.m to 1 p.m.

This project seeks to describe the link between geographic mobility and socioeconomic mobility in Quebec for individuals born between 1967 and 1985. First, we present descriptive statistics on the migration of young Quebecers, among other things according to the type of place of residence at age 16 (Census Metropolitan Area, Census Agglomeration or rural region). We then estimate rank mobility, a measure of the intergenerational transmission of income, independently of whether young people stayed in the same region in which they grew up or moved. Finally, we assess the contribution of geographic mobility to the intergenerational transmission of income in Quebec. We find that migration is associated with a higher income advantage for young people who grew up outside metropolitan areas. In cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, this is particularly true for those whose families are at the lower end of the parental income distribution.

Speakers: Marie Connolly and Xavier St-Denis

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