Community services and out-migration

International Migration

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-41

  Massey, Douglas S ^a   Williams, Nathalie ^b   Axinn, William G ^b   Ghimire, Dirgha J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NEPAL;

EID: 77952779633     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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