Space-sets : introducing and testing a multi-dimensional measure of individual transnational mobility

RECCHI, Ettore

doi:10.1007/s11205-025-03554-5

Space-sets : introducing and testing a multi-dimensional measure of individual transnational mobility

dc.contributor.author	RECCHI, Ettore
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-13T15:01:57Z
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dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description	Published online: 12 March 2025	en
dc.description.abstract	Existing research on the transnational mobility of individuals tends to rely on limited and possibly misleading indicators. Arguing that mobility experiences are in fact multidimensional and cumulative over the course of a lifetime, this paper proposes a novel concept called ‘space-set’ and applies it to representative samples of the population in France, Germany and Italy (ELIPSS, GP.pop and Doxa surveys). A space-set is defined as the collection of each person’s geographical places known through first-hand experience. In a transnational perspective, its key dimensions are Size (the number of countries visited), Width (the farthest distance traveled), and Focus (being emotionally attached or not to more than one country). This new indicator measures individual-level inequalities of geographical mobility. As a proof of concept, the empirical part of the paper uses space-sets to address two research questions that loom large in different strands of the literature on social transnationalism: on the one hand, the social stratification of cross-border travel, on the other the association between transnational mobility and supranational orientations (i.e., cosmopolitan and pro-EU attitudes). Results confirm that space-sets are socially stratified by both class and education, and that larger, wider, and more transnationally oriented space-sets are associated with supranational orientations. Comparatively, all dimensions of space-sets are stronger in the German population than in their French and Italian counterparts.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This article was published Open Access with the support from the EUI Library through the CRUI - Springer Transformative Agreement (2020-2024). Agreement extended and set to expire on 30 June 2025. This paper was elaborated in the context of the INCASI2 project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101130456. It has also benefitted from research conducted as partner of the MIGMOBS ERC Advanced Grant (101097240, ERC-2022-AdG).	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Social indicators research, 2025, OnlineFirst	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11205-025-03554-5
dc.identifier.issn	1573-092
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dc.relation	A New Measure of Socioeconomic Inequalities for International Comparison
dc.relation	The Orders and Borders of Global Inequality: Migration and Mobilities in Late Capitalism
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dc.subject	Transnationalism
dc.subject	Mobility
dc.subject	Inequalities
dc.subject	Europe
dc.title	Space-sets : introducing and testing a multi-dimensional measure of individual transnational mobility	en
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