International Labour Migration within a Common Market: Some Aspects of EC Experience

Residential mobility in an era of economic transformations and population reformations: A case study of Hong Kong

“…On the one hand, it is stated by Clark and Onaka (1983) that accessibility does not appear to be a major reason for movement, which resembles the conclusion by Quigley and Weinberg (1977). On the other hand, Goodman (1976) comments that employment is a critical element in triggering longer distance migration, which resembles the conclusions by Saith (1997) and Straubhaar (1988).…”

“…Mobility is then anticipated to rise (Warnes, 1992). Economic considerations are the other crucial determinants that shape one's propensities of residential relocations, particularly when employment opportunities are involved (for instance, Clark & Onaka, 1983;Saith, 1997;Straubhaar, 1988). The fundamental hypothesis of the simple journey-to-work model of residential location, according to Brown (1975), is that had households not relocated to a new residence, more time is likely to be spent on traveling.…”

Trade Liberalisation and the Migration of Skilled Professionals and Managers: The North American Experience

“…7 Straubhaar (1988) and Molle and Van Mourik (1988) offer tests of the relationship between trade and immigration in the European context. The former provides a time series test by examining intra-EC-6 labour flows between 1960 and 1984.…”

Mobility and work-residence matching for new immigrants in Hong Kong

“…Employment opportunity is proved to be a crucial determinant for the housing relocation of a household (Saith, 1997;Straubhaar, 1988). In Mainland China, spatial mismatch between job opportunities and housing supply in an area/district is proved to be a hindrance for a household's location choice (Zheng, Fu, & Liu, 2006).…”