Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-662

  Bauer, Thomas ^a   Epstein, Gil S ^b   Gang, Ira N ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclaves; Language proficiency; Migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144496558     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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