Who leaves? Deciphering immigrant self-selection from a developing country

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-344

  Akee, Randall ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; UNITED STATES;

BLIGHIA SAPIDA;

EID: 72649097518     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647978     Document Type: Article

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