Internal Migration in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence of Spatial Trends after Unification?

Autor:	Franz-Josef Kemper
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Suburbanization Unification Divergence (linguistics) Human migration business.industry Internal migration General Social Sciences Convergence (economics) Politics Geography Economy Urbanization Economic geography business General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Regional Studies. 38:659-678
ISSN:	1360-0591 0034-3404
DOI:	10.1080/003434042000240969
Popis:	Kemper F.-J. (2004) Internal migration in eastern and western Germany: convergence or divergence of spatial trends after unification?, Regional Studies38, 659-678. Before unification, internal migration systems in East and West Germany were different. Whereas the East had been characterized by urbanization, in the West intra- as well as interregional deconcentration had been important migration trends. At the time of the 'Wende' (political turn), these trends were upset by dominating East-West flows. This paper explores whether spatial migration patterns in both parts of Germany show convergent developments during the 1990s and whether earlier patterns of deconcentration in the old states again come to the fore. Important contexts for internal migrations are represented by developments of regional labour markets and housing markets, which are outlined for eastern and western Germany. It is shown that instances of convergence can be found for East-West and West-East migration and for suburbanization. This ...
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