Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development
This article aims to critically assess the economic growth paradigm, which typically underlies most approaches to regional policymaking for demographic change. While population losses, ageing and outmigration – i.e. phenomena that are addressed as demographic change – have become a matter of urgency...
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| author | Anke Matuschewski Birgit Leick Marcel Demuth |
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| description | This article aims to critically assess the economic growth paradigm, which typically underlies most approaches to regional policymaking for demographic change. While population losses, ageing and outmigration – i.e. phenomena that are addressed as demographic change – have become a matter of urgency for many European regions, most regional economic development theories remain silent about the population decline affecting the economic growth and development prospects of regions. Consequently, regional policies usually rely on the concept of economic growth, yet neglect the complexity and importance of demographic change and how it relates to the economic sphere. Due to this lack in nuance, we argue that regional policymaking fails to design adequate policy support for regions facing persistent demographic change and economic stagnation or decline as a result. Based on these observations, the paper examines a selection of regional economic development theories in search for alternative concepts of growth and development in the context of demographic change. To this aim, globalisation peripheries are introduced as a fruitful conceptual point of reference and, in combination with endogenous regional development theories, discussed as an alternative approach for regional policymaking. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b6a766753694486a957b103366a4aef2022-12-21T18:38:55ZengFederal Institute for Population ResearchComparative Population Studies1869-89801869-89992016-01-01413-4133Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic DevelopmentAnke Matuschewski0Birgit Leick1Marcel Demuth2University of Bayreuth GermanyØstfold University College, Faculty of Business, Languages, and Social Sciences NorwayUniversity of Bayreuth GermanyThis article aims to critically assess the economic growth paradigm, which typically underlies most approaches to regional policymaking for demographic change. While population losses, ageing and outmigration – i.e. phenomena that are addressed as demographic change – have become a matter of urgency for many European regions, most regional economic development theories remain silent about the population decline affecting the economic growth and development prospects of regions. Consequently, regional policies usually rely on the concept of economic growth, yet neglect the complexity and importance of demographic change and how it relates to the economic sphere. Due to this lack in nuance, we argue that regional policymaking fails to design adequate policy support for regions facing persistent demographic change and economic stagnation or decline as a result. Based on these observations, the paper examines a selection of regional economic development theories in search for alternative concepts of growth and development in the context of demographic change. To this aim, globalisation peripheries are introduced as a fruitful conceptual point of reference and, in combination with endogenous regional development theories, discussed as an alternative approach for regional policymaking.http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/262Demographic changeEconomic growth theoriesRegional economic developmentGlobalisation peripheriesRegional policies |
| spellingShingle | Anke Matuschewski Birgit Leick Marcel Demuth Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development Comparative Population Studies Demographic change Economic growth theories Regional economic development Globalisation peripheries Regional policies |
| title | Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development |
| title_full | Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development |
| title_fullStr | Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development |
| title_short | Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development |
| title_sort | growth based theories for declining regions a note on conceptualisations of demographic change for regional economic development |
| topic | Demographic change Economic growth theories Regional economic development Globalisation peripheries Regional policies |
| url | http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/262 |
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