The incorporation of high-skill corporate migrants into the existing housing markets of destination cities has been neglected in studies of contemporary international migration. Nevertheless, the potential impacts on rent levels and property prices, and on the overall shape of the housing market, are considerable. Japanese corporate movement to London has led to the establishment of a separate housing sub-sector, channelling rented housing to Japanese clients through Japanese estate agencies. Japanese companies do not play a direct role in this, but hold considerable influence over the system such that it serves their perceived interests. Through the use of a questionnaire survey of Japanese residents, interviews with estate agencies and analysis of property available in the Japanese sub-market, the article demonstrates both the impact of Japanese corporate movement on housing issues in a global city and the ways in which the accommodation of high-skill migrants accords with the culture of corporate interests.
Japanese economic activity and community growth in Great Britain.
Louise Hurdley and Paul White.
Japanese inward investment in Great Britain has been associated with the development of manufacturing activities within areas offering government assistance, whilst all forms of service activities have been concentrated in London. Japanese economic activity has been associated with the relocation of Japanese personnel, primarily for management and specialist functions. During the 1980s the number of Japanese residents in Britain grew at a faster rate than almost any group from the developed world. Although London houses the majority of these migrants, there are significant numbers in other locations throughout Britain, associated with manufacturing investments. The distribution of the Japanese in Britain is therefore highly distinctive in comparison to the distribution of other foreign or ethnic minority groups. In particular, there are now small Japanese communities in several towns where they constitute one of the biggest immigrant or ethnic minority groups, and they are particularly located in high status neighbourhoods. The evidence presented in this paper comes from unpublished data from the 1991 population census.
Les investissements et la migration : la distribution de la population japonaise en Allemagne et Grande-Bretagne.
Les processus de globalisation ne mettent pas en mouvement que les investissements, mais aussi les personnels de gestion. La participation des compagnies japonaises en Europe, surtout durant les deux dernières décennies, induit un accroissement important des communautés japonaises. Les plus grandes se trouvent en Allemagne et en Grande-Bretagne, presque exclusivement sur les sites des investissements. En Grande-Bretagne elles confirment l'importance de Londres comme place financière ; cependant les politiques régionales se sont efforcées d'attirer les investissements japonais dans plusieurs villes nouvelles de province. En Allemagne, la hiérarchie urbaine, plus diffuse, a entraîné une distribution plus uniforme dans les grandes villes, dont en premier lieu Düsseldorf. Dans les deux pays l'installation des Japonais se dissocie aujourd'hui de plus en plus de celle des compagnies.
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