Migration Flows through the Lens of Human Resource Ageing

Abstract

Background: Ageing and shrinking of the European population influence the shrinking of central places and the hinterland of cities in a spatial structure. Migration also influences the shrinking or growing of spatial units. Various factors influence migration and, thus, spatial units’ demographic, social and economic stability. The age structure of citizens in a spatial unit may change not only due to population ageing but also because these factors influence the migration flows of different cohorts differently, which has not been studied so far.

Keywords

• attractiveness
• stickiness
• ageing
• gerontology
• social value
• migration
• gravity model
• shrinking regions
• human resources
• a13
• c10
• j11
• j26