Rural Europe is in a phase of huge transition both from a demographic and economic-structural point of view. This paper … is focused on demographic and economic-structural changes in differing rural areas and the connection between these … processes. This does not exclude the relations to urban areas as population changes in rural areas cannot be analyzed without …

The diversification of economic activities in rural areas is a topical issue and can be a fundamental strategy for the … development of the Romanian rural area, because it can produce a beneficial effect from an economic point of view, by increasing … the income of the rural population.The Romanian rural area is characterized by a weak economic diversification and a major …

This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in …. We also study the time devoted to market work, and monthly earnings, of self-employed workers in rural and urban areas …. Results show that workers in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed than workers in urban areas, although engaging in …

This book examines the major rural developments and the issues that policy makers have been dealing with across the … OECD over the last two decades. The OECD Conference, held in Siena, Italy, in July 2002, on the Future of Rural Policy …, identified the need for rural policies to look beyond agriculture and offer new trajectories of development. It concluded that …

Migration to Europe's Rural Regions combines a diverse range of empirically rich, in-depth case studies, analysis of their rural … implications of rural labour migration. Despite its growing political, economic and social importance, our understanding of … international labour migration to Europe's rural regions remains limited. This edited volume provides intricate descriptions of …