Tag: early retirees migrations

• February 21, 2015

  Why and where early retirees move? A post-mining town case study (my abstract for the next European Sociological Association conference in Prague)

  Problem and research question Mining industries have played a crucial part in the European history. Starting in the 19th century, the extraction of coal and lignite provided the basis for the industrialization of many European regions (Wirth et al, 2012). Due to exhaustion of resources or technical and market conditions changes, mining industry has been…