International labour migration in East Asia: Trends, patterns and policy issues

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-39

  Athukorala, Prema Chandra ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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LABOR MIGRATION;

EID: 33645465609     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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