Migration, employment and development: a three-sector analysis

Journal of International Development

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 899-921

  Bhattacharya, Prabir C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MODELING;

EID: 0032420281     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(1998110)10:7<899::AID-JID552>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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