International migration from Albania: The role of family networks and previous experience

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 50-87

  Stampini, Marco ^a   Carletto, Calogero ^b   Davis, Benjamin ^c  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA SET; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LIVING STANDARD; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PANEL DATA; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42549161086     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775460203     Document Type: Article

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