Return and labour status at home: Evidence from returnees in Albania

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-517

  Germenji, Etleva ^a   Milo, Lindita ^b  

^a Volkswagen Bank   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Labour market; Multinominal logit; Return migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349105805     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683850903314998     Document Type: Article

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