Decision-making as regards migration: Wage differential, job opportunity, and the network effect

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Neto, Felix ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Information integration; Migration; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002763893     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(97)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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