Brain drain in developed countries: Can governments do anything to bring expatriates back?

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-174

  Forstenlechner, Ingo ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Expatriation; Host country; Repatriation; Self initiated expatriates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952196828     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076709356853     Document Type: Article

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