Economic downturns and compositional effects in regional population structures by age: a multi-temporal analysis in Greek regions, 1981–2017

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Benassi, F. - Salvati, Luca
Economic downturns and compositional effects in regional population structures by age: a multi-temporal analysis in Greek regions, 1981–2017.
Quality & Quantity. Roč. 53, č. 5 (2019), s. 2611-2633. ISSN 0033-5177
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1415
Institucionální podpora: RVO:86652079
Klíčová slova: Economic crisis * Economic demography * Europe * Multi-temporal factor analysis * Regional analysis
Obor OECD: Urban studies (planning and development)
Impakt faktor: 1.072, rok: 2017
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-019-00875-9

Population movements (international and internal migration) and changing fertility and mortality patterns have significantly affected demographic structures. Investigation of the relationship between (evolving) population structures and economic downturns is a key issue in economic demography. Analysis of compositional changes in regional population structures over a sufficiently long time interval may provide an informed knowledge to better understanding of this relationship and the underlying socioeconomic context in European countries. Based on these premises, Greece was considered a paradigmatic case of sequential economic expansions and recessions, impacting the structure of resident population in the last four decades. In this work, changes over time in population structures by age in Greek regions were explored (1981–2017) using a multi-temporal principal component analysis. A diachronic analysis of compositional effects of economic downturns on regional population structures indicates spatially-heterogeneous demographic processes in Greece. The subsequent recession has represented a turning point in Greek demography, consolidating changes in traditional family structures, while stimulating out-migration at younger ages to Northern and Western European regions and containing immigration from developing countries. Metropolitan areas and coastal districts had more rapid population dynamics, while peripheral rural regions experienced more rapid changes towards aging. Population aging had a short-term impact on regional population structures in Greece, with possibly negative consequences for the ability of the country’s economy to recover from crisis.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0307794