Labor market outcomes, savings accumulation, and return migration

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-428

  Kirdar, Murat G ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; International migration; Savings accumulation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349185043     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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