Economic theory predicts that individual migration decisions for working-age adults will depend on area differences in wages, housing costs, and amenities. While the importance of wages and amenities is well-established from previous empirical studies, evidence regarding housing costs is far...

Les auteurs proposent une analyse structurelle géographique (analyse shift and share) de la croissance locale de l'emploi entre 1990 et 1999 et s'appuyant sur l'évolution sectorielle des emplois industriels dans le zonage en aires urbaines. Ils mettent en évidence que l'augmentation de la...

Cet article propose d’apporter des éclairages sur les raisons pour lesquelles les dépenses d’équipements publics par ha bitant sont plus élevées dans les communes rurales alors que les différences spatiales sur les montants des recettes par habitant sont relativement plus faibles. Nous...

L'évolution démographique des espaces à dominante rurale n'est plus négative depuis la fin des années 70 et cette évolution favorable s'est amplifiée au cours des 30 dernières années. Elle est le résultat d'un solde migratoire positif, qui vient plus que compenser le déficit naturel...

Migration flows between urban and rural areas in developed countries show a strong difference in migration destinations with regard to age. Our paper analyses, in the French case, who rural areas attract or repel and what their so-called “pull-factors” are. Our goal is to explain the...

Economic theory predicts that individual migration decisions for working-age adults will depend on area differences in wages, housing costs, and amenities. While the importance of wages and amenities is well-established from previous empirical studies, evidence regarding housing costs is far...

This paper examines which types of individuals are attracted to or repelled from rural and urban areas in France. Migration decisions among urban centers, suburbs, and rural areas are examined for three age groups. Differences between locations are assumed to be driven by agglomeration economies...

Migration flows between urban and rural areas in developed countries show a strong difference in migration destinations with regard to age. Our paper analyses, in the French case, who rural areas attract or repel and what their so-called “pull-factors” are. Our goal is to explain the...