Quality of life and the migration of the college-educated: A life-course approach

Growth and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-94

  Whisler, Ronald L ^a   Waldorf, Brigittes S ^b   Mulligan, Gordon F ^c   Plane, David A ^c  

^a Modellers LLC   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949206531     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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