Open AccessGlobalisation and the Labour Market
Author(s) -
Brian Easton
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
labour, employment and work in new zealand
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2463-2600
DOI - 10.26686/lew.v0i0.1207
Subject(s) - globalization , context (archaeology) , economics , labour economics , differential (mechanical device) , sort , market economy , geography , aerospace engineering , engineering , archaeology , computer science , information retrieval
This paper explores the consequences of globalisation for the labour markets. By defining globalisation as 'the consequence of the diminishing costs of distance the analysis is able to use the economist's standard trade theory to show explore the impact of globalisation on labour mobility in the impact of trade of labour conditions, and of differential mobility (the favouring of skilled migrants over unskilled migrants). Some consideration is given to the particular circumstances of the New Zealand labour market. One conclusion of this - all to brief- paper is to insist that migration must be seen in the context of a particular sort of globalisation of the labour market.