Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001 LONDON AND THE RANDSTAD
Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001 LONDON AND THE RANDSTAD
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劳动力移民和经济表现：伦敦和任斯塔德，c。
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10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00547.x
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2011
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VAN LOTTUM J
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在大多数对近代西北欧的研究中，英格兰被认为是荷兰经济领导地位的继承者。虽然在对这两个竞争国家进行比较的研究中纳入了体制和技术变化或贸易和资本流动变化等相关主题，但劳动力迁移通常被忽略。本文旨在填补这一空白，重点放在劳动力迁移到荷兰和英格兰的两个核心地区：兰斯塔德和伦敦。本文提出了两个主要的研究问题。首先，这两个核心地区及其周边地区在人口、经济和空间结构方面有何不同，这又是如何导致劳动力迁移的不同趋势的？第二，伦敦和兰斯塔德的需求和供给因素的配置对它们的经济和生活在其中的人有什么影响？通过回答这两个问题，本文的目的不仅在于阐明一个迄今为止在两国的地理，经济和人口历史比较中尚未探索的主题，而且有助于理解移民作为促进经济增长的一个因素。
In most studies of early modern north‐western Europe, England is regarded as the successor of the Netherlands in terms of economic leadership. Whereas related topics like institutional and technological change or changes in trade and capital flows have been incorporated into the research on the comparison of these two rival states, labour migration is usually omitted. This article aims to fill this lacuna by focusing on labour migration to the two core regions of the Netherlands and England: the Randstad and London. Two main research questions are raised in this article. First of all, in what way did the two cores and their hinterlands differ with regard to their demographic, economic, and spatial structures, and how did this contribute to different trends in labour migration over time? Secondly, what was the effect of the configuration of the demand and supply factors of London and the Randstad for their economies and for those who lived in them? By trying to answer these two questions this article aims not only to shed light on a hitherto largely unexplored topic in the comparative geographic, economic, and demographic history of the two countries, but also to contribute to the understanding of migration as a factor in the promotion of economic growth.