Gender and skilled migrants: Into and beyond the work place

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 149-154

  Kofman, Eleonore ^a   Raghuram, Parvati ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13744250585     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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