What Makes Cities Attractive? The Determinants of Urban Labour Migration in Germany

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1960-1978

  Buch, Tanja ^a   Hamann, Silke ^b   Niebuhr, Annekatrin ^a   Rossen, Anja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Institute for Employment Research IAB Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Institute of International Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

amenities; cities; Germany; labour market conditions; migration

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; URBAN POPULATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84901349448     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013499796     Document Type: Article

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