Understanding patterns of internal migration during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

ABSTRACT: Existing empirical work has analysed the impacts of COVID-19 on mortality, fertility and international migration. Less is known about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the patterns of internal migration. Anecdotal reports of mass migration from large cities to less populated areas have emerged, but lack of data has prevented empirically assessing this hypothesis. Drawing on geographically granular administrative population register data, we aim to analyse the extent of change in the patterns of internal migration across the urban hierarchy in Spain during 2020. Our results show a decline of 2.5% in the number of internal migration moves, particularly during the early stages of the pandemic, returning to pre-pandemic levels in late 2020. Results also reveal unusually la

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Leonardo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9350359 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature