Accessibility and Older and Foreign Populations: Exploring Local Spatial Heterogeneities across Italy

IF 2.1 Q2 ECONOMICS
Massimo Armenise, Federico Benassi, Maria Carella, Roberta Misuraca
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Abstract

The interplay between accessibility and population change is a relatively new subject in Italian academic research. Along with social and economic factors such as regional economic prosperity, the ease of movement inside and outside an area can play a pivotal role in shaping population dynamics. This study seeks to explore the spatial distribution and spatial relationships of three indicators, including one related to real accessibility (RAI) and two others related, respectively, to the shares of the older population (SOP) and of the foreign population (SFP). An exploratory spatial data analysis is, therefore, conducted at the local level using Italian municipalities as the statistical units for the empirical analysis. Local univariate spatial autocorrelation analysis is used together with a regression analysis based on ordinary least squares (OLS) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models. The results provide valuable insights into the local heterogeneity that characterizes the distribution of each indicator and the local relationship between them, highlighting the importance of thinking locally in quantitative social sciences.
交通便利与老年人口和外国人口:探索意大利各地的空间异质性
在意大利的学术研究中,交通便利与人口变化之间的相互作用是一个相对较新的课题。除了地区经济繁荣等社会和经济因素外,一个地区内外的交通便利程度在影响人口动态方面也起着举足轻重的作用。本研究试图探讨三个指标的空间分布和空间关系,其中一个与实际可达性(RAI)有关,另外两个分别与老年人口(SOP)和外来人口(SFP)的比例有关。因此,我们以意大利各市为统计单位,在地方层面进行了探索性空间数据分析,以进行实证分析。在使用地方单变量空间自相关分析的同时,还使用了基于普通最小二乘法(OLS)和地理加权回归(GWR)模型的回归分析。分析结果为深入了解各指标在当地的异质性分布特点以及它们之间的当地关系提供了宝贵的见解,突出了定量社会科学中地方思维的重要性。
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Economies
Economies Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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11 weeks
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