The accessibility to employment offices in the Spanish labour market
Accessibility ; Distance ; Econometry ; Employment ; Employment area ; Labour market ; Local government unit ; Spain ; Spatial differentiation ; Unemployment
The paper focuses on the differences in the levels of accessibility to public employment offices in the Spanish municipalities. The main purpose is to evaluate the role of the public employment services in local labour markets by considering
the physical distance to employment offices and the spatial structure of their catchment areas. Policy-makers should strive to improve the accessibility to employment offices so that adequate assistance to find suitable employment may be ensured to every
Denmark ; Employment ; Firm strategy ; Foreign worker ; Labour ; Local government unit ; Local labour market ; Social network ; Unemployment
The paper tests the hypothesis that social networks are crucial for regional recruitment and inflows of foreign labour. Danish municipal data from 1997-2006 reveal spatial sorting since initial shares of employees with a foreign background out
of total regional employment predict foreign labour inflow rates to regional employment. Social networks appear crucial for the recruitment and inflows rates to regional employment, suggesting that employee referrals and information about vacancies in local
Attractiveness of Poland as a tourist destination in the eyes of employees of travel agencies located in Prague
as a tourist destination in the eyes of employees of travel agencies located in Prague. The study is a part of a larger work dealing about the attractiveness of Poland as a tourist destination for the people of the Czech Republic. The results show that despite
an important part of agencies offering trips to Poland, their employees are not reality able to recommend this destination due to the lack of information and promotional materials. - (EN)
Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Economic growth ; Employment ; Federal Republic of Germany ; Germany ; Human capital ; Labour market ; Professional qualification ; Regional disparities ; Social segregation
Employment outcomes and plant closure in a post-industrial city : an analysis of the labour market status of MG Rover workers three years on
Birmingham ; Car industry ; Economic restructuring ; Employment ; England ; Factory closure ; Labour market ; Professional qualification ; Professional training ; Regional economy ; Unemployment ; United Kingdom
Les AA. analysent les effets des stratégies économiques locales immédiates et à court terme sur le marché du travail et la mobilité de la main d’œuvre locale. L’exemple des ex-ouvriers employés chez le constructeur automobile MGR à Birmingham montre
Economic activity ; Employment ; Germany ; Inactive population ; Journey to work ; Labour market ; Labour migration ; Local amenities ; Professional qualification ; Regional disparities ; Regional economy ; Unemployment ; Wage
2012
[b1] Institute for Employment Research, Kiel, Allemagne
[b3] Institute for Employment Research, Nürnberg, Allemagne
[b4] Institute for Employment Research, Stuttgart, Allemagne
Employment ; Employment area ; England ; Labour market ; Poverty ; Social geography ; Social inequality ; Spatial concentration ; Unemployment ; United Kingdom
Spatial distribution of employment in Hermosillo, 1999–2004
Distance from city centre ; District ; Economic activity ; Employment ; Historic centre ; Location ; Mexico ; Second order urban centre ; Sonora ; Spatial distribution ; Urban economy
Immigrant settlement and employment suburbanisation in the US : is there a spatial mismatch?
Accessibility ; Blacks ; Employment ; Ethnic minority ; Immigrants ; Labour market ; Metropolitan area ; Migration ; Settlement ; Suburbanization ; United States of America ; Whites
Economic policy ; Employability ; Employment ; Governance ; Innovation ; Labour market ; Public sector ; Regional economy ; Role of the State ; Unemployment ; United Kingdom
2012
[b1] Institute for Employment Research, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, Royaume-Uni
Accessibility ; California ; Distance from city centre ; Employment ; Large city ; Los Angeles ; Manpower ; Polycentrism ; Transport network ; United States of America ; Urban structure
Creative employment and jet set cities : disentangling causal effects
Air transport ; Airport ; Creative industry ; Employment ; Labour migration ; Metropolitan area ; National economy ; Passengers ; Transport ; United States of America ; Urban economy
Employment, income, migration and public services : a simultaneous spatial panel data model of regional growth
Appalachian Mountains ; Economic growth ; Employment ; Living standard ; Local development ; Matrix analysis ; Regional economy ; Spatial mismatch ; United States of America