Escalators, elevators and travelators: The occupational mobility of migrants to South-East England

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-879

  Findlay, Allan ^a   Mason, Colin ^b   Houston, Donald ^a   McCollum, David ^a   Harrison, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escalator regions; Global cities; Occupational mobility; Scottish migration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; WORLD CITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449466789     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830902957676     Document Type: Article

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