Bohemia ; Czech Republic ; Foreign investment ; Induced effect ; Investment ; Labour market ; Living standard ; Local labour market
This paper investigates the negative effects of foreign direct investment on the local labour market in the city of Plzeň, Czechia. The analysis utilizes data collected from public databases, companies’ annual reports, and field research of Plzeň’s
firms. The paper identifies several negative effects of foreign direct investment on Plzeň’s labour market, including the quality and structure of the local labour force and its average gross monthly wages. - (EN)
Business cycle ; Economic recession ; Flow ; Foreign worker ; International migration ; Labour migration ; Scotland ; United Kingdom
The article uses Worker Registration Scheme data to examine differences in the use of migrant labour in Scotland and argues that it has changed in spatially and sectorally uneven ways which reflect two distinct migrant labour functions
, as substitutional and as complementary. In the former case the demand for migrant labour is highly sensitive to economic cycles. The article identifies the mechanisms accounting for the geographical distinctiveness of complementary migrant labour flows over
Interregional migration propensity and labour market size in Sweden, 1970-2001
Distance travelled ; Employment ; Internal migration ; Interregional migration ; Journey to work ; Labour migration ; Local labour market ; Regional economy ; Sweden ; Working population
The spatial interaction of housing and labour markets : commuting flow analysis of North West England
Commuting ; England ; Flow ; Housing market ; Journey to work ; Labour market ; North-West England ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial interaction ; United Kingdom
Brazil ; Economic geography ; Foreign worker ; Globalization ; Immigration policy ; Industry ; International migration ; Ireland ; Labour market ; Labour migration ; Regional analysis ; Remittances
This research focuses on remittances among Brazilian transnational labour migrants (both documented and undocumented) from a rural area in Ireland to their area of origin. The data comes from interviews and questionnaires undertaken in both Ireland
Economic integration ; European Union ; Foreign worker ; International migration ; Labour market ; Labour migration ; Slovenia
The text deals with problems regarding migrant labour in Slovenia since its entry into the EU. The purpose of the text is to explain the employment of foreign migrant workers from a geographical point of view, illustrated through statistical data
Activity space ; Football ; Human geography ; Hungary ; Labour migration ; Racism ; South Africa ; Sporting activity ; Sports
The three articles deal with the football game and migrant labour in South Africa as a secure existence (with case studies of South African village in former Transkei homeland and an informal settlement in Capetown; `Totaal Voetbaal´, `Ramba-Zamba
Migrant workers in the urban labour market of Shenzhen, China
Capital accumulation ; China ; Economic restructuring ; Guangdong ; Internal migration ; Labour ; Labour migration ; Rural outmigration ; Shenzhen ; Social capital ; Town
Foreign worker ; Labour market ; Living standard ; Occupational activity ; Residential location ; Social integration ; Sweden ; Wage
on earnings in three immigrant cohorts (1990, 1995, and 2000) five years after arrival. A correction procedure is applied to take into account the selectivity of entering the Swedish labour market. Exposure to the native population at the workplace is more
Emigration ; Enquiry ; International migration ; Ireland ; Labour migration ; Polish people ; Social life
In Poland, the opening of the labour markets of some European Union states ('the Old Fifteen') to the new members admitted on 1 May 2004 (the EU-8) has given rise to economic emigration, in particular to Ireland and the UK. The leading areas
Economic development ; Economic policy ; Employment ; Equilibrium model ; Labour market ; Labour migration ; Labour mobility ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Spatial economy
New neighbourhoods, new citizens ? Challenging community as a framework for social and moral regeneration under New Labour in the UK
. Proposition d'une étude critique motivée du récit dépolitisé de la communauté tel que diffusé par le New Labour. L'article défend une analyse plus nuancée du quartier en tant que champ instable d'échange social.