Regional disparities in employment of high-skilled foreigners - Determinants and options for labour migration policy in Germany

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-400

  Burkert, Carola ^a   Niebuhr, Annekatrin ^a   Wapler, Rüdiger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Labour migration policy; Migration; Regional disparities

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SKILLED LABOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 55049134936     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-008-0071-y     Document Type: Article

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