Networks as determinants of rural migration

Nana Zarnekow and Christian H.C.A. Henning

No 94829, 118th Seminar, August 25-27, 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This paper focuses on networks as determinants of rural migration and the importance of networks in a rural development perspective. Furthermore the impact of public goods and amenities on migration decisions in rural regions is investigated. Special attention is paid on heterogeneity in peoples migration-decisive components. Data base is a non-farm household-survey of four rural communities in Poland. The estimations show that migration decisions are influenceable in different ways: Social networks as well as socio-economic components and the regional public-good endowment are important drivers of migration, but the direction and amount of influence depends on individual-preferences and on individual network-structures - among other things especially on the network-localization.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2010-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94829

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