@article{Szekely:157620,
      recid = {157620},
      author = {Szekely, Vladimir and Michniak, Daniel},
      title = {Rural municipalities of Slovakia with a positive commuting  balance},
      journal = {Rural Areas and Development},
      address = {2009},
      number = {740-2016-51056},
      series = {Rural areas and development},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {High concentration of jobs in cities and towns is  accompanied by labour
commuting from the rural (urban)  hinterlands. It is the phenomenon that
generates functional  regions characterized by the relationship between an  urban
centre and its rural hinterland. The inverse  relationship is if a rural municipality
with available  attractive jobs becomes the centre of the special  functional region
(or a centre on a lower hierarchic level)  and its hinterland consists of urban and
rural  municipalities with labour commuting to the rural centre.  The aim of the
paper is to answer the question whether such  inverse relationship, manifested
by the rural municipality  with the positive commuting balance exists in Slovakia
and  what is its cause. The original statistical data concerning  commuting obtained
from the last 2001Census has been used  in this study in order to identify
what is referred to as  rural employment centres (more than 100 commuters, and
the  positive commuting balance). The paper maps, analyses and  explains spatial
distribution of rural employment centres  in Slovakia and adds their inner characteristics.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157620},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.157620},
}