How trustworthy are forecasts of international migration between Poland and the European Union?

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 627-645

  Kupiszewski, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enlargement; European Union; Forecast; International migration; Poland

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGIONALIZATION;

EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 0036821932     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183021000032236236     Document Type: Article

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