Remittances and temporary migration

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-70

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Mestres, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RETURN MIGRATION;

EID: 75849128289     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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