The dynamics of migration in the presence of chains

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 307-323

  Helmenstein, Christian ^a   Yegorov, Yury ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

F22; International chain migration; J61; J63; Migrant networks; Migration dynamics; Push and pull factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041778749     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(98)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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