Rural depopulation and income convergence

[EN] Panel data models are estimated to highlight the income-gap as a driver of individual decisions to migrate. This procedure allows to testing the hypothesis that the per capita income-gap of rural spaces along with the employment rate and aging explain the fall in the population of rural village...

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Autores: San Juan Mesonada, Carlos, Sunyer Manteiga, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/138426
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/138426
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rural population
Income-gap
Regional convergence
European Structural and Investment Funds
Población rural
Brecha de renta
Convergencia regional
Fondos Europeos Estructurales y de Inversión
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Sumario:[EN] Panel data models are estimated to highlight the income-gap as a driver of individual decisions to migrate. This procedure allows to testing the hypothesis that the per capita income-gap of rural spaces along with the employment rate and aging explain the fall in the population of rural villages and the concentration of population in functional urban areas (FUA). First, using panel data models, the links between rural depopulation and the income-gap are estimated with data at the municipal level. Second, the effects of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) on the convergence of income levels for rural inhabitants are evaluated.