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Technological Change and Labour Migration in a General Spatial Interaction System

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It has been indicated in recent publications that technological change and spatial reallocation of employment are two closely connected phenomena (see, among others, Malecki and Varaiya 1986). The US ‘sunbelt drift’ is a good illustration of such technological-spatial dynamics.

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Nijkamp, P., Poot, J. (1986). Technological Change and Labour Migration in a General Spatial Interaction System. In: Nijkamp, P. (eds) Technological Change, Employment and Spatial Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46578-9_19

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