A gendered assessment of highly skilled emigration

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-321

  Docquier, Frédéric ^a   Lowell, B Lindsay ^b   Marfouk, Abdeslam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMIGRATION; GENDER ISSUE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; OECD; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 67549135661     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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