How Far do England's Second-Order Cities Emulate London as Human-Capital 'Escalators'?

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 421-433

  Champion, Tony ^a   Coombes, Mike ^a   Gordon, Ian ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career progression; City region; England; Human capital escalator; ONS Longitudinal Study; Second order cities

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; NOTTINGHAM [ENGLAND]; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84903763963     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1806     Document Type: Article

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