Migration, self-selection and income inequality: An international analysis

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Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-146

  Liebig, Thomas ^a   Sousa Poza, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POPULATION MIGRATION;

EID: 1542380506     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2004.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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