Labor migration and redistribution with alternative assimilation policies: The small economy case

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-377

  Michel, Ph ^a   Pestieau, P ^b   Vidal, J P ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Labor migration; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION POLICY; CITIZENSHIP; DECISION MAKING; IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION; LABOUR MARKET; THEORY;

EID: 0031866936     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0462(97)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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