Does anyone live here? Mine closures and depopulation in Spanish coal mining areas
Perez Sindin, Xaquin S. ; Fernandez Vazquez, Esteban ; Sanz-Hernández, Alexia (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Alonso Domínguez, Ángel ; García Docampo, Manuel
Resumen: One of the most pressing socio-economic issues across EU countries has been the depopulation of a significant part of its territory. Less urbanized areas are perceived as non-attractive places to live and have been losing population steadily in the latest decades. For the case of Spain, this European-wise phenomenon has been exacerbated for several territories characterized by a large presence of primary and extractive industries in the past. We quantify empirically the contribution that the closure of the heavily subsidized coal mining had on the depopulation trends experienced in mining-intensive areas in Spain. This poses an interesting research question, since both non-mining and mining territories in Spain suffered a remarkable negative down trend in demographic terms since early nineties, which was the period on which the coal mining industry started to cease steadily its activity. Our empirical strategy relies on matching estimators that compare the demographic trend across mining-intensive and non-mining intensive municipalities in four provinces, controlling for observable characteristics and isolating the net effect of the “shock” originated by the termination of this mining activities. Our analysis finds a statistically significant and sizable negative effect on the fall of population for mining-intensive municipalities between 1991 and 2011.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.17502/mrcs.v12i2.822
Año: 2024
Publicado en: Methaodos. revista de ciencias sociales 12, 2 (2024), m241202a06 [14 pp.]
ISSN: 2340-8413
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-114211RB-100
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Sociología (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
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Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.17502/mrcs.v12i2.822
Año: 2024
Publicado en: Methaodos. revista de ciencias sociales 12, 2 (2024), m241202a06 [14 pp.]
ISSN: 2340-8413
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-114211RB-100
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Sociología (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Exportado de SIDERAL (2025-01-14-15:49:42)
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