Emigration, population shrinkage and a rationale for local solutions

Lessons for local governments and NGOs

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9953357
AutoresThomas A Bryer (0000-0002-6002-6152, University of Central Florida, autor correspondente), Vaiva Kalesnikaite (0000-0002-0159-5312, State University of New York at Brockport Brockport NY USA), Eglė Butkevičienė (0000-0002-5631-360X, Kaunas University of Technology Orlando FL USA), Eglė Vaidelytė (0000-0001-9804-6741, Kaunas University of Technology Orlando FL USA), Jolanta Vaičiūnienė (0000-0001-5378-4847, Kaunas University of Technology Orlando FL USA)
Ano2021
Volume60
Fascículo2
Páginas208-221
Data de publicação2021-05-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12871
OpenAlexW3165255732
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas63

Emigration and population shrinkage are challenges faced in countries and communities throughout the world. Based on a systematic literature analysis of approximately 600 articles, we examine voluntary emigration through the lens of non‐economic factors, establishing a cohesive and coherent view of the literature landscape across disciplines and enabling discussion of how local governments and non‐governmental organizations might respond to emigration pressures nationally and locally. The factors identified in the literature are set within seven conceptual categories: personal ambition, personal relationships, quality of life, quality of working life, future opportunity, fitness to enter a new society and quality of governance. Focusing on these factors, a set of tools for local government and non‐governmental organization action are proposed to manage emigration‐induced population shrinkage, including citizen participation, strategic planning and management, cross‐sector partnerships and capacity investments in the non‐profit sector

Business · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Emigration · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political science · Population · Sociology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Public Administration · Urbanization and City Planning