IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/rgscpp/v12y2020i5p815-831.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region

Author

Listed:
  • Mariann Szabó
  • Zsuzsanna Banász

Abstract

The aim of our study is to highlight what kind of factors influence the attachment of inhabitants to the towns in the test area “Murafölde”, a Hungarian micro‐region. We assume, that the level of attachment is a function of the inhabitants’ satisfaction with employment opportunities. In 2017, a total of 1,900 questionnaires have been collected in the test area. This was the first survey in the region aiming at identifying the inhabitants’ motivation for mobility. Results indicate that satisfaction with employment opportunities significantly influence the attachment to the towns, while there are other factors which are even stronger. El objetivo de nuestro estudio es destacar el tipo de factores que influyen en el apego de los habitantes a las ciudades en el área de estudio de “Murafölde”, una micro‐región de Hungría. Se asumió que el nivel de apego depende de la satisfacción de los habitantes con las oportunidades de empleo. En 2017 se recolectaron un total de 1.900 cuestionarios en la zona de estudio. Esta fue la primera encuesta en la región dirigida a identificar la motivación de los habitantes respecto a la movilidad. Los resultados indican que la satisfacción con las oportunidades de empleo influye significativamente en el apego a las ciudades, a pesar de que hay otros factores que son aún más influyentes. 本稿の目的は、ハンガリーのミクロ地域でテスト地域のMuraföldeの町に対する住民の愛着には、どのような要因が影響しているかを明らかにすることである。愛着の度合いは、雇用機会に対する住民の満足度と相関していると仮定する。2017年に、テスト地域で、合計1,900件の質問票が収集された。これは、住民の移動に対する意欲を把握することを目的とした、この地域で初めての調査であった。結果から、雇用機会への満足が町への愛着に有意に影響することが示されたが、他にもより影響力の強い要因も認められた。

Suggested Citation

  • Mariann Szabó & Zsuzsanna Banász, 2020. "SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(5), pages 815-831, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:12:y:2020:i:5:p:815-831
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12287
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12287
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/rsp3.12287?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Niina Rantamäki & Mari Kattilakoski, 2019. "On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(2), pages 329-343, June.
    2. Goulet, Denis, 1992. "Development: Creator and destroyer of values," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 467-475, March.
    3. Jeffrey D. Sachs & Richard Layard & John F. Helliwell, 2018. "World Happiness Report 2018," Working Papers id:12761, eSocialSciences.
    4. Sergiy Smetana & Christine Tamásy & Alexander Mathys & Volker Heinz, 2015. "Sustainability and regions: sustainability assessment in regional perspective," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(4), pages 163-186, November.
    5. Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Mark D. Partridge, 2013. "The New Urban World," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 285-290, March.
    6. Jesus Perez‐Mayo, 2019. "Inequality of opportunity, a matter of space?," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(1), pages 71-87, March.
    7. Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Mark D. Partridge & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Mark D. Partridge, 2013. "The new urban world – opportunity meets challenge," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 5(2), pages 149-151, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Teresa Maria Gamito & Lívia Madureira & José Manuel Lima Santos, 2021. "Unveiling and typifying rural resources underpinned by innovation dynamics in rural areas," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(3), pages 457-477, June.
    2. Rüdiger Wink & Laura Kirchner & Florian Koch & Daniel Speda, 2017. "Agency and forms of path development along transformation processes in German cities," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 10(3), pages 471-490.
    3. Kourtit, Karima & Nijkamp, Peter & Steenbruggen, John, 2017. "The significance of digital data systems for smart city policy," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 13-21.
    4. Bhuiyan, Muhammad Faress & Ivlevs, Artjoms, 2019. "Micro-entrepreneurship and subjective well-being: Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 625-645.
    5. Tofallis, Chris, 2020. "Which formula for national happiness?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    6. SZONDI Réka & HÉDER-RIMA Mária, 2020. "Knowledge Transfer As A Condition Of Employee Dedication," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 122-132, July.
    7. Wang, Daojuan & Hain, Daniel S. & Larimo, Jorma & Dao, Li T., 2020. "Cultural differences and synergy realization in cross-border acquisitions," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(3).
    8. Dorota Ciołek & Anna Golejewska & Adriana Zabłocka‐Abi Yaghi, 2022. "Innovation drivers in regions. Does urbanization matter?," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(4), pages 1933-1960, December.
    9. Allen, Jaime & Muñoz, Juan Carlos & Ortúzar, Juan de Dios, 2019. "On evasion behaviour in public transport: Dissatisfaction or contagion?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 626-651.
    10. Dang, Hai-Anh H. & Serajuddin, Umar, 2020. "Tracking the sustainable development goals: Emerging measurement challenges and further reflections," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    11. Gregorio Gimenez & Ana Isabel Gil-Lacruz & Marta Gil-Lacruz, 2021. "Is Happiness Linked to Subjective Life Expectancy? A Study of Chilean Senior Citizens," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(17), pages 1-12, August.
    12. Tingting Zhang & Dan He & Tian Kuang & Ke Chen, 2022. "Effect of Rural Human Settlement Environment around Nature Reserves on Farmers’ Well-Being: A Field Survey Based on 1002 Farmer Households around Six Nature Reserves in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-18, May.
    13. Lucas, Karen & Philips, Ian & Mulley, Corinne & Ma, Liang, 2018. "Is transport poverty socially or environmentally driven? Comparing the travel behaviours of two low-income populations living in central and peripheral locations in the same city," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 622-634.
    14. Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2013. "Creative Buzz Districts In Smart Cities: Urban Retro-Fitting And Urban Forward-Fitting Plans," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 7(2), pages 37-57, DECEMBER.
    15. Nicola Pontarollo & Mercy Orellana & Joselin Segovia, 2020. "The Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in a Developing Country: The Ecuadorian Case," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(8), pages 3007-3035, December.
    16. Rubén Arrondo & Ana Cárcaba & Eduardo González, 2021. "Drivers of Subjective Well-being in Spain: Are There Gender Differences?," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(5), pages 2131-2154, October.
    17. Arnaud Joskin, 2019. "Working Paper 02-19 - Inégalités de bien-être en Belgique - Construction de onze indicateurs composites pour mesurer le bien-être de différentes catégories de la population [Working Paper 02-19 - O," Working Papers 1902, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium.
    18. Abdul Shaban & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2020. "India’s Urban System: Sustainability and Imbalanced Growth of Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-20, April.
    19. Juliane Scheffel & Yiwei Zhang, 2019. "How does internal migration affect the emotional health of elderly parents left-behind?," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 32(3), pages 953-980, July.
    20. Petteri Eerola & Johanna Lammi-Taskula & Margaret O’Brien & Johanna Hietamäki & Eija Räikkönen, 2019. "Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland: Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(4), pages 21582440198, October.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:12:y:2020:i:5:p:815-831. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1757-7802 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.