Migration as an antidote to rent-seeking?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 609-630

  Mariani, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rent seeking; Skilled migration

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION; RENT SEEKING; RETURN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 34548026061     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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