Depopulation of EU Lower-Income Regions: Can Digitalisation via Broadband Access Reduce It?

• Anna Garashchuk ^[1] ; Fernando Isla Castillo ^[1] ; Pablo Podadera Rivera ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Málaga

     Universidad de Málaga

     Málaga, España

     
• Localización: Revista de economía mundial, ISSN 1576-0162, Nº 64, 2023, págs. 41-59
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.33776/rem.vi64.7489
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Despoblación de las regiones de bajos ingresos de la UE: ¿puede la digitalización a través del acceso de banda ancha reducirlo?
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  • español

    Las zonas rurales despobladas o postindustriales, que suelen ser de bajos ingresos y con menos oportunidades laborales, representan un desafío abierto para la Unión Europea. Las fuertes caídas demográficas, especialmente en Europa del Este y del Sur, debido a la migración dentro de la UE de trabajadores más jóvenes y calificados de estas áreas, se han convertido en un serio obstáculo para el desarrollo sostenible de muchas regiones de la UE con bajos ingresos. El Parlamento Europeo destaca la brecha en la conectividad de las TIC, entre otras razones.

    Este artículo tiene como objetivo proporcionar evidencia empírica, mediante la aplicación de análisis de datos de panel, de que la digitalización de las regiones europeas NUTS-2 con ingresos más bajos a través del acceso de banda ancha puede contribuir a revertir las tendencias demográficas negativas.

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  • English

    Depopulated rural or post-industrial areas, which are often low-income with fewer job opportunities, represent an open challenge for the European Union.

    Sharp demographic declines especially in Eastern and Southern Europe, due to the intra-EU migration of younger, skilled workers from these areas have become a serious obstacle to the sustainable development of many EU lowerincome regions. The European Parliament highlights the gap in ICT connectivity among other reasons.

    This paper aims to provide empirical evidence, by applying Panel Data Analysis, that digitalisation of European NUTS-2 regions with lower incomes via Broadband Access may contribute to reversing negative demographic trends.

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