Job recruitment networks and migration to cities in India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-543

  Iversen, Vegard ^a   Sen, Kunal ^a   Verschoor, Arjan ^b   Dubey, Amaresh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LEGISLATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650297222     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902725688     Document Type: Article

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