International labour mobility and uneven regional development in Europe: Human capital, knowledge and entrepreneurship

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-46

  Williams, Allan M ^a   Baláž, Vladimir ^a,b   Wallace, Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Forecasting   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human capital; Knowledge; Migration; Mobility; Regions; Remittances

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0942299814     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776404039140     Document Type: Article

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