Internal migration transition in Romania?

Horváth, István (2016): Internal migration transition in Romania? Published in: Regional Statistics , Vol. 6, No. 1 (October 2016): pp. 42-53.

Abstract

This paper is an overview of the shifts in the internal migration patterns in Romania for the last six decades. In the first part a literature-based brief overview of the trends and patterns of internal migration during communism will be presented. In the second (more extensive) part, a statistical-data based analysis of the internal migration trends and patterns over the last 25 years will be provided.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Romania, internal migration, international migration, communism, market-transition, regional differences, demography
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R10 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity

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