Migration of the creative class: Evidence from Sweden

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-206

  Hansen, Høgni Kalsø ^a   Niedomysl, Thomas ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creative class; Human capital; Migration; Regional development

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 60549085955     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn046     Document Type: Article

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