Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 5,130
Cover Image
Population decline in Lithuania : who lives in declining regions and who leaves?
Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than … in Lithuania. The main focus is on understanding who lives in those regions which are rapidly losing population, and who … regions. This paper provides empirical evidence of selective migration and increasing regional disparities in Lithuania. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528102
Cover Image
Shrinking regions in a shrinking country : the geography of population decline in Lithuania 2001 - 2011
Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Ham, Maarten van; Burneika, Donatas - 2014
spatial dimension of population decline on the national level. Lithuania is one of the countries which have experienced very … in Lithuania of 17.2% between 1989 and 2011, with the decrease being more intense during the second decade of the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257596
Cover Image
Economic situation of Eastern Poland and population migration movement
Pietrzak, Michał Bernard; Wilk, Justyna; Chrzanowska, … - 2013
The aim of this paper is to examine population migration flows in relation to the eastern Poland and its economic situation. The empirical study refers to the period 2008-2010. In the first part of the paper, the economic situations of 66 Polish sub-regions were examined. The study used the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997073
Cover Image
Mobility where mobility is illegal : internal migration and city growth in the Soviet Union
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1997 - Revised
This paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess the effectiveness of these controls. We analyze a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576391
Cover Image
Gravity model as the tool for internal migration analysis in Poland in 2004-2010
Pietrzak, Michał Bernard; Wilk, Justyna; Matusik, … - 2013
Population migration is a long-lasting process affected by many factors. The analysis of its effects is a typical research approach to its interpretation. The object of the paper is to investigate migration phenomenon by means of gravity model application. It helps to explain variations in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997087
Cover Image
The impact of metropolitan areas on internal migrations in Poland : the case of southern regions
Pietrzak, Michał Bernard; Wilk, Justyna - 2013
Metropolitan areas significantly affect regional development. They attract an inflow of investments, innovations and know-how as well as create domestic population migration flows. Relocation of human resources regulates both a size and structure of population, supports regional labour markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997152
Cover Image
Prognosen zur Ost-West-Wanderung nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung
Wolff, Sascha (contributor) - 2007
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the subsequent reunification process between the former centrally planned GDR and the market-oriented Federal Republic of Germany, rapidly raised fears about mass migration movements from the eastern to the western part. The anxiety of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003483860
Cover Image
Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
Cover Image
Population aging, migration spillovers, and the decline in interstate migration
Karahan, Fatih; Rhee, Serena - 2014
Interstate migration in the United States has declined by 50 percent since the mid-1980s. This paper studies the role of the aging population in this long-run decline. We argue that demographic changes trigger a general equilibrium effect in the labor market, which affects the migration rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423805
Cover Image
Beautiful city : leisure amenities and urban growth
Carlino, Gerald A.; Saiz, Albert - 2019
Modern urban economic theory and policymakers are coming to see the provision of consumer-leisure amenities as a way to attract population, especially the highly skilled and their employers. However, past studies have arguably only provided indirect evidence of the importance of leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058910