Scaling the mobility of health workers in an enlarged Europe: An open political-economy perspective

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 798-815

  Hardy, Jane ^a   Shelley, Steve ^a   Calveley, Moira ^a   Kubisa, Julia ^b   Zahn, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative causation; health workers; migration; mobility; rescaling

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84989859689     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776414551100     Document Type: Article

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