When the World Goes Rural: Transnational Potentials of International Migration in Rural Swedish Labour Markets

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-142

  Hedberg, Charlotta ^a   Forsberg, Gunnel ^a   Najib, Ali ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International Labour; International Migrant; Labour Market; Local Firm; Local Labour Market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889646279     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2315-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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