Are migrant minorities strategically self-selected?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-588

  Docquier, Frederic ^a,b   Rapoport, Hillel ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Ministere de la Regn Wallone   (Belgium)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Migrations; Strategic self selection; Worker's remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218495     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050085     Document Type: Article

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