European migration: Welfare migration or economic migration?

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Warin, Thierry ^a   Svaton, Pavel ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Border effects; Economic migration; Migration; Welfare migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549088236     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1360     Document Type: Article

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