6. Scottish Demography: Scottish Migration to and return from SE England
Award Holders: Professor A Findlay, Professor R Harrison, Dr D Houston, Professor C Mason - Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Strathclyde
Summary: The research project examined both the evidence of recent census data sets and a questionnaire survey undertaken by the researchers amongst a sample of Scots migrants living in the South east in 2005. An integrative analysis of these two sources helped us:
- To understand contemporary processes favouring initial migration from Scotland to South East England
- To examine the changing position of the South East as an 'escalator region' for Scottish migrant talent and to establish whether Scotland enjoys the same level of return migration as other parts of England
- To research the labour market processes that have been dominant in shaping the pattern of Scottish residence in the South East in the last inter-censal period
- To understand the processes favouring Scots' return migration from the South East
- To assess policies that the Scottish Executive could pursue to influence the flow of Scottish talent into and out of Scotland.
Status: End of Award report released on ESRC website August 2007.
Links: ESRC website