Geographical labour mobility: Migration or commuting?

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 827-837

  Eliasson, Kent ^a   Lindgren, Urban ^a   Westerlund, Olle ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bivariate probit; Commuting; Labour mobility; Migration

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0242381336     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000128749     Document Type: Article

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