Internal migration in the time of Covid: Who moves out of the inner city of Stockholm and where do they go?

• Published in: Population space and place Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 1 - n/a
• Main Authors: Vogiazides, Louisa, Kawalerowicz, Juta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Cities; counterurbanisation; COVID-19; COVID‐19 pandemic; Inner city; Internal migration; Migrants; Migration; Pandemics; suburbanisation; Sweden

After the outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the media abounded with stories of people ‘fleeing city‐centres’ and ‘finding refuge in the countryside’. A recurrent argument is that the shift towards remote work has prompted individuals to reconsider their living situation and envisage the possibility...