To go or not to go: Emigration from Germany

German Economic Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-231

  Uebelmesser, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emigration; German socio economic panel (GSOEP); Intention variable; Probit estimation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMIGRATION;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 33645811742     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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