Explaining trends in UK immigration

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 719-740

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emigration; Immigration; Immigration policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144449790     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0015-1     Document Type: Article

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