Differential population development in the regions of Finland

This paper considers regional population development in Finland. The paper focuses in particular on the role of inter‐regional migration in reshaping the regional population distribution, and suggests that this has contributed to regional development inequalities. The paper questions whether policie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Population space and place 2010-07, Vol.16 (4), p.323-334
Hauptverfasser:	Heikkilä, Elli, Pikkarainen, Maria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	age structure creative class Demographic change economic development education Empirical research Finland Inequality Internal migration Migration Population Distribution Population dynamics Regional Development regional population change Regional variation
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper considers regional population development in Finland. The paper focuses in particular on the role of inter‐regional migration in reshaping the regional population distribution, and suggests that this has contributed to regional development inequalities. The paper questions whether policies to counter this trend following a Floridian approach can ever be effective. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:	1544-8444 1544-8452 1544-8452
DOI:	10.1002/psp.561