Whither the jobs. Identifying concentrations of employment in metropolitan aeas
Business district ; Core-periphery ; Employment ; Large city ; Location ; Metropolitan area ; United States of America
This research analyses the changing distribution of employment across US metropolitan areas and identifies high-employment nodes within large metropolitan areas. It then compares outlying employment clusters with traditional central business
districts and contrast employment clusters of varying job densities. It concludes that this method can use publicly available data, relies on a standardized geographic unit applicable across the whole country, and offers the ability to examine data from
Agribusiness ; Employability ; Employment ; Gardening ; Immigration policy ; International migration ; Labour migration ; Power ; United Kingdom ; Wage
employers stress the apparently superior hard and soft skills of migrants. Some, however, also link low-wage immigration to a purposeful shift in power from labour to capital. In both respects, migration functions as a regulatory project and “spatial fix
”, and employers' “need” for migrant labour is primarily about maximising labour power in downgraded jobs more than about absolute labour shortages.
This article analyses the symmetric effects of national-based active labour market policies in Italy. The results suggest that while in the South employment is mainly driven by social and economic context variables, in the North the employment
Self-employment and local economic performance : evidence from US counties
County ; Economic efficiency ; Economic growth ; Employment ; Entrepreneurship ; Local economy ; Private property ; Self-employment ; United States of America
Jobs and the single parent. An analysis of accessibility to employment in Toronto
Accessibility ; Canada ; Distance travelled ; Employment ; Household ; Ontario ; Social deprivation ; Social geography ; Suburbs ; Toronto ; Town ; Woman
This article analyses accessibility to jobs from the perspective of single-parent house in Toronto. Individuals in this demographic segment are of interest due to the fact they often face the double burden of household and employment
responsibilities. Analysis is based on the application of relative accessibility deprivation indicators (estimates of distance traveled for various population segments, as well as employment data for the city and its surroundings). The results indicate
Employment, entrepreneurship, and citizenship in a globalised economy : the Chinese in Prato
Chinese ; Citizenship ; Employment ; Fashion industry ; Illegality ; Italy ; Labour market ; Small and medium-sized firms ; Social geography ; Sociological integration ; Textile industry ; Toscana ; Unregulated work
This article analyses employment, entrepreneurship, and citizenship in a globalised economy through the example of the Chinese community in Prato (Tuscany). It shows that the number of Chinese clothing enterprises has increased rapidly
Urban youth, worklessness and sport : a comparison of sports-based employability programmes in Rotterdam and Stoke-on-Trent
Comparative study ; Employability ; Employment ; England ; Netherlands (The) ; Professional qualification ; Professional training ; Randstad ; Rotterdam ; Social geography ; Sociological integration ; Sports ; Unemployment ; United Kingdom ; Young
Scaling up by law? Canadian labour law, the nation-state and the case of the British Columbia Health Employees Union
British Columbia ; Canada ; Employment ; Human rights ; Legislation ; Nation-state ; Public sector ; Trade unionism ; Working conditions
L’A. étudie la décision de la Cour Suprême Canadienne en faveur du syndicat des employés du service de santé qui reconnaît le droit de négociation au détriment du gouvernement de Colombie Britannique. Cet exemple illustre de quelle manière le
Appalachian Mountains ; Employment ; Historical geography ; Labour mobility ; Local labour market ; Nineteenth Century ; Railway ; United States of America
Une analyse des salaires des employés du chemin de fer sur les années 1842-1857 permet de reconstituer les principaux aspects de la dynamique du marché régional du travail dans la région américaine des Appalaches.
This paper explores theoretical and practical issues related to employment migration and integration of Eastern European migrants in Aberdeenshire ,Scotland. By drawing on theorizations of mobility and integration from economics and geography, we
and survey data in order to investigate the relationships between the movement of migrants, integration and employment.
China ; Employment ; Guangdong ; Land ; Land market ; Land rent ; Land use ; Location ; Shenzhen ; Urban development ; Urban village ; Urbanization
villages across the city show a remarkable resemblance to hedonic models of land prices elsewhere. Location matters and access to employment, along with development constraints,are the most important determinants for the development of Shenzhen’s urban
California ; Industrial cluster ; Industrial employment ; Industry ; Land use ; Location ; United States of America ; Zoning
This paper tests for excessive employment agglomeration among twenty southern California manufacturing industry clusters using two methods claiming to control for the natural and planned geography constraining industrial location generally. It finds
Decentralization ; Edge city ; Employment ; Location ; Oregon ; Polycentrism ; Project ; Real estate development ; Trade ; United States of America
. The model results indicate that commercial development shows a clear trend of decentralization from its central city. Instead, commercial developers tended to locate them in locations within or in close proximity to employment subcenters.
Indonesia ; Industrial employment ; Industrial estate ; Industrial park ; Industry ; Jakarta ; Jawa ; Large city ; Polycentrism ; Suburbanization
captured most of the manufacturing employment that has dispersed from Jakarta. The industrial centers have now increasingly specialized and diversified. It is likely that a polycentric metropolitan structure will emerge in the future.
Air transport ; Airport ; Economic development ; Employment ; Freight ; Income ; Local development ; Metropolitan area ; Regional economy ; Transport ; United States of America
l’accent sur la causalité. Les résultats indiquent que le fret aérien est le moteur du développement dans les régions étudiées. Ils concluent par présenter les avantages et les faiblesses de la méthodologie employée pour évaluer la causalité.