Migration: Pre-requisite for rural economic regeneration? |
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| Institution: | 1. Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, UK;2. University of Electronic S&T of China, Chengdu, China;1. Department of Rural Sociology, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA;2. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA;1. International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University, The Netherlands;2. Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute, Scotland, UK;1. School of Social Science, King''s College, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, United Kingdom;2. Fraser Noble Building, University of Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, United Kingdom;3. Centre for Entrepreneurship, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Campus, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7QE, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Migration from and to depopulating areas is related to the prospects for rural economic regeneration. The focus is on whether or not migration processes give rise to the necessary human capital required for successful endogenous development. Data from Scottish case studies pertaining to in-, out- and return migrants are analysed. Only by leaving rural areas can young adults acquire the necessary skills to participate in endogenous development, however, few out-migrants subsequently return. In-migrants, while often possessing the necessary human capital to bring about an economic regeneration, are associated with relatively little new job creation. Instead in-migration is characterised by self-employment. It is argued that migration is a pre-requisite for rural economic regeneration, but that a rural endogenous development policy on its own will have limited success in regenerating areas experiencing on-going depopulation. Exogenous development strategies are also required. |
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