Handbook of labour mobility : regional, national and global perspectives / edited by Rikard H. Eriksson (professor of economic geography, Department of Geography, Umeå University, Sweden) and Høgni Kalsø Hansen (associate professor of economic geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eriksson, Richard H., editor.

Hansen, Høgni Kalsø, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor mobility--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Labor mobility.

Community development--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Community development.

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This informative Handbook evaluates how labour mobility in different forms can help us understand processes of uneven regional development. It examines the motivations and restrictions of labour mobility, including how its patterns can influence firm performance, innovative capacity and long-term regional development. Expert authors explore labour mobility across the globe, including perspectives from workers, firms and regions in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. They provide insights into how knowledge embodied in labour travels across space as well as the social drivers of labour, highlighting how these trends can inform political action and identifying the consequences of mobility for different groups of workers. This comprehensive overview covers experiences at regional, national and global levels, analysing how technological advances will impact the future of labour mobility. The Handbook of Labour Mobility is a crucial resource for scholars and students of labour studies, human geography, sociology and economics and finance. Its focus on the social and economic impacts of labour mobility makes this an essential reference for employers and policymakers in regional development"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: The past and future of labour mobility / Rikard H. Eriksson and Høgni Kalsø Hansen

Part I: International perspectives on labour mobility

2. Challenges and opportunities of temporary labor migration programs for climate adaptation: Lessons from qatar and south asia / Michael Ewers, Mohsin Raza and Deborah S.K. Thomas

3. I can make my own decision: Linking (im)mobility to connectivity among Romanian young people from return-migrant family backgrounds / Silvia Marcu

4. Ordering labour: A shifting labour regime of a 'green investment' / Madeleine Eriksson and Andreas Nuottaniemi

5. Chinese internationalization into African and western labour markets: The impact of market- versus knowledge-seeking motives / Kerstin J. Schaefer and Elisa Gambino

6. The geography of high-skilled migration and innovation / Stefano Breschi, Zenne Hellinga and Andrea Morrison

Part II: Mobility within and between regions

7. Commuting behaviour in accra's rapidly expanding periphery / Manja Hoppe Andreasen andLasse Møller-Jensen

8. Counterurban migration and commuting strategies / Emma Lundholm and Erika Sandow

9. Folkbildning as skills provision in regional development / Lina Bjerke and Charlotta Mellander

10. Location of higher education institutions and graduate mobility / Elise Stenholt Lange and Lars Winther

11. Publication networks and vertical labour mobility in academia: A gendered perspective / Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen

12. Graduate mobility and job mismatch: State-of-the-art and future challenges / Alessandra Faggian, Carlo Caporali and Federico Zampollo

13. Enriching the micro perspective in evolutionary economic geography: Skill relatedness and the mobility of heterogeneous workers / Zoltǹ Elekes and Emelie Hane-Weijman

14. Regional and occupational mobility paths following firm closures in Germany / Anne Otto and Florian Hack

15. A spatial view of automation technologies and their consequences for jobs / Martin Henning

16. Co-worker networks in regional labor markets: An economic geography approach / Balz̀s Lengyel

Part III: New geographies of mobilities and immobilities

17. Platform labour mobility and gender inequality in the gig economy / Al James

18. Redefining workspaces? Spatial implications of remote working and the potential for local coworking / Nick Clifton, Darja Reuschke and Jed Long

19. Labour mobility and mobile workers: New implications for rural revitalisation? / Gary Bosworth, Janet Merkel and Jason Whalley

20. Coworking spaces in smaller and more sparsely populated regions / Josephine V. Rekers, Magnus Andersson, Calle Rosengren and Linda Stihl

21. How revolutionary is going remote? An occupational and place-based analysis / Patrick Adler and Richard Florida.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035331697 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.