Migrants, markets and multinationals: Competition among world cities for the highly skilled

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 119-130

  Ewers, Michael C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global cities; Global labor market; Highly skilled migration; Mobility; World cities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

GLOBAL CITIES; GLOBAL LABOR MARKET; GLOBALIZATION; MIGRATION;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; WORLD CITY;

EID: 34347342647     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9077-9     Document Type: Article

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