Location, Travel And Information Technology: Selected Essays Of Peter Nijkamp

This important book collects together Peter Nijkamp's work on spatial-economic markets, particularly housing and labor markets, and the increasing impact of information technology on mobility and the location of firms, residents and job seekers. The first part deals with applied modeling and theoretical advances in housing market migration and research. The papers address issues such as: the implications of household dynamics for relocation decisions, migration movements in Europe, and the driving forces for migration decisions of ethnic groups. The second part focuses on the spatial labor market, dealing with recruitment channel and search channel choices by job seekers and firms, vacancy durations and the opportunities offered by ethnic entrepreneurship for improving the chances of ethnic groups. The third part comprises an analysis of spatial mobility flows and interaction patterns and the final part emphasizes the scope and effect of information technology in transport.Peter Nijkamp is the author of 'Location, Travel And Information Technology: Selected Essays Of Peter Nijkamp', published 2004 under ISBN 9781843762676 and ISBN 1843762676.