International migration of labour and skilled-unskilled wage inequality in a developing economy

Economic Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-137

  Yabuuchi, Shigemi ^a   Chaudhuri, Sarbajit ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Diverse trade pattern; Emigration (immigration) of labour; Labour market imperfection; Skilled labour; Unskilled labour; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845685065     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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