Selection in migration and return migration: Evidence from micro data

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-95

  Rooth, Dan Olof ^a   Saarela, Jan ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Observable skills; Selective migration; Selective return migration; Unobservable skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845507416     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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