Who lives in forgotten places? : Age structure and socio-economic development in Hungary
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Cím:
Who lives in forgotten places? : Age structure and socio-economic development in Hungary
Létrehozó:
Kulcsár, László
Kulcsár, László J.
Obádovics, Csilla
Dátum:
2011
Téma:
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography / gazdasági-társadalmi földrajz
H Social Sciences (General) / társadalomtudomány általában
Tartalmi leírás:
Socioeconomic development and the age structure of a population are often linked
together in the public discourse. It is generally accepted that in industrial societies the
populations of more developed regions have both younger age structures and higher
levels of education. Consequently, less developed regions or places have older age
structures. In this study, we examine the evidence behind this general perception, and
discuss the links between age structure and socioeconomic development. There are not
very many studies devoted to this particular subject, and while regional development
inequalities have a substantial literature, its relation to age structure is less extensively
studied (Brunow & Hirte 2006, Voss 2007). One particular example is the case of
Scotland (Lisenkova et al. 2010) where the authors examined the impact of age structure
on economic development. Their conclusion was that positive net migration is needed to
counterbalance the negative economic impact of an older age structure.
Scholars from various disciplines, such as sociology, regional economics, political
science and anthropology often argue that regional inequalities do not decline, rather
increase over time (Spéder 2002, Kulcsár 2009, Bódi 2010). In many countries, including
Hungary, a significant portion of the population lives in lagging, or so called ?forgotten?
places (Lyson & Falk 1993, Ritter 2010). The age structures of these places, however, are
not uniform. Some do experience aging in place and negative net migration, while others
do not. Therefore, it is not entirely true that in less developed regions and places we can
only find aging populations, while in more developed places the populations are always
young and increasing due to migration
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Article
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Azonosító:
Kulcsár, László and Kulcsár, László J. and Obádovics, Csilla (2011) Who lives in forgotten places? : Age structure and socio-economic development in Hungary. Regional Statistics : journal of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 1. pp. 110-121. ISSN 2063-9538
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