Housing, labour mobility and unemployment
Champion, T.
Housing, labour mobility and unemployment - 1987 - Planner 73(4) April 1987, 11-17(6) .
Examines the threat posed to labour mobility by problems in the housing market and the extent that policies designed to promote labour mobility and reduce housing shortages can contribute to reducing unemployment. This commences by examining the interaction between unemployment and migration and considers the policy initiatives which attempt to lower the barriers to migration. Concludes, that inflexibilities in the housing market form a major obstacle to labour mobility and that none of the three major categories of housing tenure offer a satisfactory solution to the problem. Tables, map, references.
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOUSING
JOB MOBILITY
LABOUR MIGRATION
NATIONAL MOBILITY SCHEME
TENANTS EXCHANGE SCHEME
Housing, labour mobility and unemployment - 1987 - Planner 73(4) April 1987, 11-17(6) .
Examines the threat posed to labour mobility by problems in the housing market and the extent that policies designed to promote labour mobility and reduce housing shortages can contribute to reducing unemployment. This commences by examining the interaction between unemployment and migration and considers the policy initiatives which attempt to lower the barriers to migration. Concludes, that inflexibilities in the housing market form a major obstacle to labour mobility and that none of the three major categories of housing tenure offer a satisfactory solution to the problem. Tables, map, references.
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOUSING
JOB MOBILITY
LABOUR MIGRATION
NATIONAL MOBILITY SCHEME
TENANTS EXCHANGE SCHEME