The Korea Local Administration Review

The objective of this study is to examines the characteristics of working population who are willing to move to Jeju island in the metropolitan area. We use an web survey to identify whether working population of the metropolitan area has an intention to migrate to Jeju island and what their characteristics are. We then examine what factors influence on the migration to Jeju island using logistic regression models. Results show that people who has previous residence experience and people who has any acquaintances in Jeju island are more likely to migrate to Jeju island. This result suggests that the costs of acquiring information about migration and having social relationship could be the main factors of the migration of working population to Jeju island.