<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

Urban Population Growth and Job Opportunities: The Case of Albania

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy

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Demographic change is a complex phenomenon, but it has generally been accepted that having better employment opportunities and quality of jobs are among...

Urban Population Growth and Job Opportunities: The Case of Albania

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 28 - 39

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Nov 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2020-0021

Keywords
urban population growth, job opportunity, Albania, transition economies, demographic change, internal migration

© 2020 Mario Ҫurçija et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Urban Population Growth and Job Opportunities: The Case of Albania

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 28 - 39

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Nov 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2020-0021

Keywordsurban population growth, job opportunity, Albania, transition economies, demographic change, internal migration

© 2020 Mario Ҫurçija et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
urban population growth, job opportunity, Albania, transition economies, demographic change, internal migration