Migrants in the economy of European rural and mountain areas. A cross-national investigation of their economic integration

Bianchi, Michele; Luisa, Caputo Maria; Martina, Lo Cascio; Baglioni, Simone

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.02.010

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“…This feeds into a wider framing of international migrants as potential producers of welfare: that international migrants may fill labor market vacancies and consequently constitute a resource to the welfare state (e.g., Brochmann 2008). The understanding of integration as a means to an end, as presented in this article, may shed light on the situation of many rural areas experiencing depopulation within the Nordic countries and across Europe that may be looking toward international migrants for revitalization (e.g., Bianchi et al 2023;Hedberg & Haandrikman 2014;Karlsdóttir et al 2020).…”

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Integration as a Solution to Depopulation? Producing the Moral and Loyal Resident in Policies Aiming to Attract and Retain International Migrants

Kvalvaag

2024

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

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Combining two streams of literature, this article is framed within critical migration studies and local migration and integration studies. Making integration discourses the object of research, I use county-oriented policies that aim to attract and retain international migrants in the north of Norway to question in what context and with what purpose the concept of integration is used in an area experiencing depopulation. Using the analytical concepts of the moral and the loyal resident to develop my arguments, I find that (1) the concept integration is primarily used within the context of participation in organized, voluntary activities and the labor market that produce ideas of the moral, active resident, and (2) the concept integration is used with the purpose of retaining residents, producing notions of the loyal resident. Here, there appears to be an assumption that a moral, active resident will or is more likely to be a loyal resident, who not only comes to an area but stays despite possibilities to move. Within this context, integration is not framed as a goal in and of itself, but rather may be better understood as a means to an end: a solution to depopulation.

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Integration as a Solution to Depopulation? Producing the Moral and Loyal Resident in Policies Aiming to Attract and Retain International Migrants

Kvalvaag

2024

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

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“…The theoretical basis of the study is the scientific works of domestic and foreign economists devoted to the problems of ensuring the sustainability of the development of mountainous areas. Various well-known scientists were involved in the development of this topic, among which are: Maria Rosa Ronzoni [1]; Bianchi Michele, Caputo Maria Luisa, Lo Cascio Martina, Baglioni Simone [2]. The problems of sustainable development of mountain territories have been developed in the works of such modern scientists as: Artur Steiner, Simon Teasdale [3], Lulu Zhou, Li Wang, Kangchuan Su [4] and others.…”

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Problems of Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories and Ways to Solve Them

2023

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A systematic approach in relation to the study of the sustainability of the development of individual territories is expressed in the fact that they are considered, on the one hand, as a separate segment that has all the institutional, economic, social and environmental characteristics, functioning as a whole of constituent elements (municipalities, individual economic entities ). On the other hand, this separate territory is considered as an integral element of a meso or macrosystem (depending on the administrative-territorial nature of the territory under study), which functions according to general rules and directions of development, conditioned by a single goal-setting and functionality of the national system. In accordance with the definition of the subject of our study (sustainable development of mountainous territories), we determined that mountainous areas with specific development conditions are separate territorial entities with their own internally formed functioning conditions. On the other hand, not a single subject of the Russian Federation can currently be fully classified as “mountainous territories”, that is, it must be considered taking into account the general principles of sustainable socio-economic development.

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“…Y = a 6 + a 7 x + a 8 Z + a 9 m + ε 3 (6) where Z was the mediator. The criteria for determining the significant mediating effect were as follows: Firstly, regressing the independent variable x with dependent variable Y in Function (2), a 1 was found to be significant.…”

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“…Agriculture 2023, 13, 1473 2 of 28 Most relevant studies have affirmed the positive role of migrant workers returning to their hometowns, arguing that guiding some farmers to return to the countryside can give full play to the "return effect" of the returning group and make up for the urgent demand for labor force in the outflow area with the compensatory function of their human capital [4][5][6]. However, how to better attract migrant workers back to their hometowns is a hotly debated topic, and scholars have explored the influencing factors from different perspectives.…”

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How Do Support Pressure and Urban Housing Purchase Affect the Homecoming Decisions of Rural Migrant Workers? Evidence from Rural China

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Talent revitalization is the basis of rural revitalization, and the return of migrant workers to their hometowns is a critical way to improve rural human capital. Based on the perspective of individual–family interaction and collaboration, we constructed a theoretical model for maximizing the net benefits of rural migrant workers. Then, we use it to explore the impact of family support pressure and urban housing purchase on individuals’ homecoming decisions. Firstly, we find the odds ratio of migrant workers with support pressure to return home is 14.013 times higher than those without, and the odds ratio of migrant workers with urban housing is 42.94% lower than those without. Secondly, in the process of supporting, the family, as a link between individuals and rural society, can enhance the connection for migrant workers, thus promoting their return behavior. The mediating effect of hometown connection is 1.342, accounting for 50.83% of the total effect. However, buying a house in the city reduces individuals’ homecoming behaviors by encouraging “trailing spouse”. Thirdly, individuals’ homecoming intention is not consistent with their behavior. The moderating effect of a future house purchase plan changes the influence of support pressure on individuals’ intention to return home to some extent. Finally, we should further strengthen rural infrastructure construction and elderly care service supply to reasonably guide capable and willing talents to return to the township. This study provides some implications for the revitalization of rural talent.

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Migrants in the economy of European rural and mountain areas. A cross-national investigation of their economic integration

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

Integration as a Solution to Depopulation? Producing the Moral and Loyal Resident in Policies Aiming to Attract and Retain International Migrants

Integration as a Solution to Depopulation? Producing the Moral and Loyal Resident in Policies Aiming to Attract and Retain International Migrants

Problems of Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories and Ways to Solve Them

How Do Support Pressure and Urban Housing Purchase Affect the Homecoming Decisions of Rural Migrant Workers? Evidence from Rural China

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