Are infrastructures important to stop rural depopulation?
- Narciso Arcas Lario (dir.)
- María Dolores de Miguel Gómez (coord.)
Editorial: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
ISBN: 978-84-17853-43-3
Año de publicación: 2021
Páginas: 239-242
Congreso: Congreso de Economía Agroalimentaria (13. 2021. Cartagena)
Tipo: Aportación congreso
Resumen
The aim of this article is to study the causes of rural depopulation and, particularly, the role of infrastructures. To do this we build a panel data set at the municipal level where the rural population has been defined at a very fine level of granularity. The main results show the importance of infrastructures to maintain rural population. The presence of a medium-size town in the municipality helps to fix the population in the countryside. However, the income gap with urban municipalities contributes to reduce rural population.