The determinants of immigration from Fiji to New Zealand: An empirical reassessment using the bounds testing approach

International Migration

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 33-58

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0346361468     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-7985.2003.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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