Községekben élő immobil fiatalok
Rural youths and their lack of mobility

Summary/Abstract: International research on the lack of mobility and its causes among people in rural areasprimarily focuses on motivations for emigration and consequences of immigration. In the firsthalf of our study we summarize the findings of the research described above. We explain therelationship between poverty and lack of mobility, review the link between agriculture andlocal mobility, predominantly through the functions of rural businesses. We explore the returnmigration of youths, especially those who move back to their village after a long period of education and/or job search. We revisit structural theories that connect migration to differenttypes of capital and shed light on the impact of changing perceptions on rural life. We uselongitudinal quantitative studies and their statistics to analyze the characteristics of the lackof mobility among Hungarian rural youths and emigration patterns between 2010–2017. Thesecond half of our manuscript delineates the results of studies done by the Mobility ResearchCenter of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The pertinent articles and case studies examinethe role of social bonds in the lack of mobility, types of employment among rural youths, and howthose influence their attachment to their village. Mobility case studies among the youths are alsoanalyzed, along with the social representation of their identity, categories of success, the effectsof poverty, their family bonds, perspectives for the future, as well as the consequences of thesocial and regional characteristics of their villages

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