Albanian return-migrants from Greece and Italy: Their impact upon spatial disparities within Albania

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-74

  Labrianidis, Lois ^a   Kazazi, Brikena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b University of Durres Albania   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Emigration; Internal migration; Return migration; Spatial disparities

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646189889     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776406060828     Document Type: Article

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