Migrants, economic mobility and socio-economic change in rural areas: The case of Greece

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-256

  Labrianidis, Lois ^a   Sykas, Theodosis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Countryside; Greece; Immigration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LANDHOLDING; MIGRANT WORKER; MOBILITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649482480     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776409104691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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