Skill formation and international migration: Welfare perspective of developing countries

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-54

  Kar, Saibal ^a,b   Beladi, Hamid ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor union; Migration; Skill formation; Wage inequality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348222362     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2002.10.001     Document Type: Article

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