In recent years, human mobility research has discovered universal patterns capable of describing how people move. These regularities have been shown to partly depend on individual and environmental characteristics (e.g., gender, rural/urban, country). In this work, we show that life-course events, such as job loss, can disrupt individual mobility patterns. Adversely affecting individuals' well-being and potentially increasing the risk of social and economic inequalities, we show that job loss drives a significant change in the exploratory behaviour of individuals with changes that intensify over time since job loss. Our findings shed light on the dynamics of employment-related behavior at scale, providing a deeper understanding of key components in human mobility regularities. These drivers can facilitate targeted social interventions to support the most vulnerable populations.

翻译：近年来，人类移动性研究发现了能够描述人们移动方式的普适性规律。这些规律已被证明部分取决于个体特征与环境特征（例如性别、城乡差异、国家差异）。本研究表明，生命历程事件（如失业）会扰乱个体移动模式。失业会对个体福祉产生负面影响，并可能加剧社会经济不平等风险；我们发现失业会驱动个体探索行为的显著变化，且这种变化随着失业时间的延长而加剧。我们的研究结果揭示了大规模就业相关行为的动态特征，为理解人类移动规律中的关键构成要素提供了更深入的见解。这些驱动因素有助于实施有针对性的社会干预措施，从而为最弱势群体提供支持。