Short-Term skilled labour movements and economic growth

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-187

  Tani, Massimiliano ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; MODELING; SKILLED LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 47949124687     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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