Key issues and causes of the Italian brain drain

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-223

  Foadi, Sonia Morano ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABOR MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745829348     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610600804315     Document Type: Article

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