Internal migration and specialising labour markets in Finland
A short description on phases of intemal migration and industrial changes in Finland isgiven from a historical perspective. The main part of the article concentrates on specialfeatures of intemal migration that are related to the specialisation of the labour marketsin the l 990s. Three interconnected developments are anal ysed - intemal migration andgrowth of urban centres with well-developed high-tech industries, unemployment, andthe relationship of intemal and intemational migration. Urban centres with developedhigh-tech industries have strengthened their edge over others in developing a neweconomy of network societies. The l 990s are also characterised by increased migrationof the unemployed. The trend started during the depression in the l 990s, and seems tohave continued ever since. Intemal and intemational migration are related to each other.The largest urban centres play an important role as linking points of these two forms ofmigration. Intemal migration can be seen as a step-wise approach to unfamiliar conditions.Almost three out of ten emigrants made intemal moves before emigrating in the1990s.