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The New Economic Geography in the Context of Migration

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The new economic geography (NEG) framework offers a new perspective on regional dynamics and spatial-economic development by addressing the effects of inter-regional migration, trade and transport, the role of agglomeration advantages in large metropolitan areas, and product heterogeneity. Drawing on the existing literature, this chapter explores how migration is embedded within the new economic geography (NEG) framework and draws upon examples to illustrate its role. Given migration is only conceived as individual responses to utility maximization by potential migrants, the chapter also discusses shortcomings of how NEG models treat migration.

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  1. School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    K. Bruce Newbold

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  1. Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Manfred M. Fischer

  2. and Business Administration Department of Spatial Economics, Free University Faculty of Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

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Newbold, K.B. (2020). The New Economic Geography in the Context of Migration. In: Fischer, M.M., Nijkamp, P. (eds) Handbook of Regional Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_146-1

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