Why is there so little migrant settlement in East Asia?

International Migration Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-620

  Seol, Dong Hoon ^a   Skrentny, John D ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MULTICULTURALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 70149105273     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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