The influence of others on migration plans

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-665

  Epstein, Gil S ^a   Gang, Ira N ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCATION DECISION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750141165     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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