Skilled labor immigration and external trade in Malaysia: A pooled data analysis

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-366

  Hong, Tan Chuie ^a   Santhapparaj, A Solucis ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gravity models; Malaysia; Skilled immigration; Trade

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; EXPORT; IMPORT; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33846171530     PISSN: 15691497     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915006779206088     Document Type: Article

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