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First published in 1990. This edited work brings together a collection of studies, by an international team of contributors, on inter-urban migration, which is largely dominated by labour migration. The book offers a multi-dimensional analysis of labour migration, including behavioural, economic and institutional approaches.
List of contents
Contributors; Preface; 1. Labour Migration: The General Context; Part One: Institutional Frameworks for Labour Migration; 2. Migration and Job Transfers in the United States 3. Employee Movement in Large Japanese Organisations 4. Organisational Labour Migration: Theory and Practice in the United Kingdom 5. Regional Migration and its Inter-relationship with the Journey to Work in The Netherlands 6. Individual and Organisational Dimensions in the Migration of School Teachers 7. Labour Migration and Counter-Urbanisation in France; Part Two: Decision-Making and Information; 8. The Economics of Information in the Context of Migration 9. Migration and Job Vacancy Information 10. Migration and Dual Career Households 11. Migration Behaviour among the Unemployed and Low-Skilled 12. Moving Strategies among Home Owners; Index
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Johnson, James H.; Salt, John
Summary
First published in 1990. This edited work brings together a collection of studies, by an international team of contributors, on inter-urban migration, which is largely dominated by labour migration. The book offers a multi-dimensional analysis of labour migration, including behavioural, economic and institutional approaches.
