Global interaction, global inequality, and migration of the highly trained to the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 626-653

  Cheng, Lucie ^a   Yang, Philip Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031726842     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547766     Document Type: Article

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