Handbook of Labour Mobility: Regional, National and Global Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1035331683 ISBN 13: 9781035331680

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035331683
• ISBN 13: 9781035331680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Eriksson Rikard H., Hansen Høgni Kalsø