Why people migrated to the countryside in Finland in the 1990s?

Aini Pehkonen

Migration Letters, 2005, vol. 2, issue 2, 153-163

Abstract: This paper aims at describing why people migrated to the countryside in Finland in the 1990s and how their in-migration processes succeeded. It contains a summary of the results from my doctoral thesis (Pehkonen, 2004). Motives relating to home and residential environment triggered mi-gration to the countryside: building/buying a one-family house and relation to nature as well as changes in economic situation: unemployment and over indebtedness. Voluntary migration to the countryside, living in a one-family house, economic security and good relations with neighbours guar-anteed that the migrants were satisfied with the village where they lived. Positive reputation of migrants, easy inter-action and participation in village life contributed to gaining a positive position in the village community.

Keywords: village; rural in-migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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