Labor migration to world cities: with a research agenda for the Arab Gulf
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Progress in Human Geography
- Vol. 31 (4), 467-484
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132507079501
Abstract
We place labor flows, involving both highly skilled professionals and unskilled workers, within the framework of research on world cities. These flows are central to understanding the growth of world cities, particularly those whose growth is not primarily a result of advanced producer services. The context of Arab Gulf cities allows us to understand urban growth in the region as an outcome of wealth accumulation that stimulates large flows of skilled westerners and of unskilled workers from poor regions in Asia. We conclude with an agenda for research on migration to world cities and the division of labor in those cities.Keywords
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