Moving On? How Students Think About Choosing a Place to Live After Graduation /

Though   discussions   about   talent   are   often   framed   in   terms   of   attracting   it   from   outside   the   country,   there   is   one   highly   mobile   group   within   the   country   that   deserves   more   attention. [...] But   there   has   never   yet   been   a   significant   inquiry   into   the   question   of   how   graduates   make   their   decisions   about  where   to   settle   after   school. [...] Florida’s   work   has   popularized   the   notion   that   members   of   the   “creative   class”   - ‐   the   highly   educated   knowledge   workers   that   our   respondents   presumably   will   become   upon   graduation   - ‐   prioritize   access   to   unique   cultural   amenities   and   novel   experiences   when   choosing   a   place   to   live. [...] For  example,  there  are  significantly  fewer   people  willing   to  move   to  Manitoba   and   Saskatchewan   for   an   extra   $5,000/year   or   less   than   there   are   willing   to   move   to   Ontario   or   British   Columbia   for   the   same   amount   (not   coincidentally,   these  are   the   two  provinces  which  also  have   the   fewest   students  open   to  out- ‐ bo