Ethnic discrimination and the migration of skilled labor

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-172

  Docquier, Frédérick ^a   Rapoport, Hillel ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic minorities; Human capital formation; Migration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMIGRATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 0037330106     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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