Labor migration to world cities: With a research agenda for the Arab Gulf

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-484

  Malecki, Edward J ^a   Ewers, Michael C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Gulf; Labor flows; Migration; World cities

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN GROWTH; WORLD CITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 34347351045     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132507079501     Document Type: Article

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