A model of temporary migration: The Egyptian case

International Migration

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 431-447

  Aly, Hassan Y ^a   Shields, Michael P ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; EGYPTIAN FERTILITY SURVEY (1982); LABOUR MIGRATION; MIGRATION MODEL; MODELLING APPROACH; REGIONAL AMENITY; TEMPORARY MIGRATION; WAGES FACTOR;

AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EGYPT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NORTHERN AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPORARY MIGRATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WAGE;

AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EGYPT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHERN AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORARY MIGRATION; WAGES;

AFRICA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EGYPT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EGYPT; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0030440058     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1996.tb00536.x     Document Type: Article

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