Does migration reduce regional disparities? The role of skill-selective flows

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-102

  Fratesi, Ugo ^a   Riggi, Massimiliano R ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34047224816     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2007.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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