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Dull Place or Green Idyll: Local Identity and Migration Intentions of Small City Youth

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  • Maria Gunko
  • Andrey Medvedev

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Nowadays small cities often lose population. In countries which are forerunners of the demographic transition, depopulation is mainly driven by out‐migration of youth. Through a case study of students from small Russian cities, this paper explores the nature of the association between local identity (LI) and migration intentions. The study suggests that young people with a stronger LI are on average more prone to return to their native cities after graduation. This ‘traditional’ relationship may be related to the difficulties in maintaining strong ties to a place of personal significance when not residing there in the Russian context. However, overall, youth tend towards a negative association with their cities and LI is formed as an opposition: the denial of place validity. Therefore, both way associations are possible. While a strong LI may influence the intention to migrate, it may also develop as an adaptation mechanism for those forced to return.

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  • Maria Gunko & Andrey Medvedev, 2018. "Dull Place or Green Idyll: Local Identity and Migration Intentions of Small City Youth," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 109(5), pages 661-676, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:109:y:2018:i:5:p:661-676
    DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12336
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    1. Buchenrieder, Gertrud & Dufhues, Thomas & Möllers, Judith & Runschke, David & Sagyndykova, Galiya, 2020. "Return to the countryside: The return intentions of highly educated young people in the Akmola province of northern Kazakhstan," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 26(2), pages 1-14.

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