Are labour markets necessarily local ? Spatiality, segmentation and scale
Australia ; Division of labour ; Employment ; Firm strategy ; Labour ; Labour market ; Local labour market ; Market segmentation ; Scale ; Spatial analysis
Attitude ; Education ; Labour ; Labour market ; Poland ; Questionnaire ; Ukraine ; Young people
This article shows the results of a questionnaire held in 2007, concerning The Ukrainian and Polish youth’s attitudes in relation to labour market and its socio-economic determinants. The results show differences and similarities between both groups
Employment ; Foreign investment ; Frontier region ; Hungary ; Impact ; Investment ; Labour market
The paper analyses the situation and changes in labour market of Komárom-Komárno borderland region, and introduces the micro- and macroeconomic factors, which are influencing its further development. The draining of reserves in free labour force
of the region, and the dimnishing number of Slovakian workers will fundamentally influence the structure of employment of the border region and will ultimately result in a steady overdemand in labour force. In the analysis it is argued that only a proactive
, regional, integrated labour force development strategy can result a sustainable economic development for Komárom and its region. - (AM)
Urban governance under neoliberalism : New Labour and the restructuring of state-space
Les AA. se demandent dans quelle mesure la restructuration gouvernementale des villes par le New Labour vient s'ancrer dans le néolibéralisme, sans oublier les tensions et contradictions locales qui lui sont associées. Ils explorent en profondeur
Budapest ; Chinese ; Community ; Diaspora ; Ethnic group ; History ; Hungary ; Immigration ; International migration ; Labour market
immigration at the Hungarian labour market and in the housing conditions. The study also offers an attempt to redefine the term Chinese diaspora. - (AM)
Labour ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Migration ; Skilled labour ; Spanish people
Using qualitative information, this paper studies the labour experiences of a group of skilled Spanish migrants in Mexico City. The paper identifies two types of migrants amongst the interviewed Spaniards : TNCs transferees and 'migrants
and educated workers. The article also stresses that the labour mobility of those in the middle is more horizontal and less conventional than the more typical career-path mobility of TNCs transferees. Furthermore, it is argued that labour mobility is not only
related to educational background or performance in Mexico’s labour markets, but also to non-economic reasons (e.g. extensive use of social networks). Of special interest for this study are relations at the workplace as they represent 'contact zone' where
Neoliberalising subjects : the legacy of New Labour's construction of social exclusion in local governance
Considérant le néolibéralisme comme un phénomène politique à facettes multiples, les intellectuels ont exploré ses manifestations locales (pratiques de gouvernance). Exemple de la mise en place de la politique du New Labour (Nouvelles Donnes) pour
Agglomeration ; Employment ; Internal migration ; Labour ; Labour mobility ; Local labour market ; Model ; Regional economy ; Spatial concentration ; Specialization ; Sweden
Job access, employment and earnings : outcomes for welfare leavers in a US urban labour market
Accessibility ; Cleveland ; Employment ; Labour market ; Ohio ; Residential location ; Spatial mismatch ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Workplace
Budapest ; Hungary ; International division of labour ; Location ; Montevideo ; Regional development ; Service ; Uruguay
“Service offshoring” is an expression of a new global division of a labour in the service sector. Two markedly different dynamics of dislocation processes open up new development opportunities for locations at the periphery. This essay demonstrates
Labour migration ; Morocco ; Mountain ; Rural area ; Social segregation ; State ; Use conflict ; Water
Water conflict and growing social disparities, labour migration and social differentiation, village associations and the reorganisation of the local political arena, water supply in rural areas : stronger or less presence of the state. - (IfL)