Urban population growth and job opportunities: The case of Albania

Artikel

Demographic change is a complex phenomenon, but it has generally been accepted that having better employment opportunities and quality of jobs are among important factors that determine people's mobility. The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between the increase in the number of people living in urban areas and the job opportunities in these areas in Albania. In order to do so, we performed a statistical analysis of a dataset on labor force surveys for the time period of 2007-2013. Our findings confirmed a positive correlation between the increase of individuals living in a certain area and job opportunities for specialized occupations in that area; however, a significant relationship was not found when job opportunities in general, in general, were considered.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy ; ISSN: 2385-8052 ; Volume: 66 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 28-39

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Demographic Economics: Other ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Other ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: General
• Subject: urban population growth ; job opportunity ; Albania ; transition economies ; demographic change ; internal migration

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ҫurçija, Mario ; Bejleri, Emirjeta
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Sciendo
• (where): Warsaw
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.2478/ngoe-2020-0021
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET