Of skilled migration, brain drains and policy responses

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3-29

  Skeldon, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

EID: 70149088390     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Review

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