Return migration, wage differentials, and the optimal migration duration

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-369

  Dustmann, Christian ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

International migration; Life cycle models

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RETURN MIGRATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037376044     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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