How Well Can the Migration Component of Regional Population Change be Predicted? A Machine Learning Approach Applied to German Municipalities

For several decades, demographic forecasts had predicted that the majority of Germany’s cities and rural areas would experience population decline in the early 21st century. Instead, recent trends show a growing population size in three out of every four German districts. As a result, there are curr...

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Main Author: Hannes Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2020-04-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
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Online Access:https://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/328