Beyond the headlines new evidence on the brain drain

Revue Economique

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1275-1299

  Dumont, Jean Christophe ^a   Lemaître, Georges ^a  

^a OCDE   (France)

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EID: 66449118249     PISSN: 00352764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/reco.566.1275     Document Type: Article

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