Human capital in remote and rural Australia: The role of graduate migration

Growth and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-220

  Corcoran, Jonathan ^a   Faggian, Alessandra ^b   McCann, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954138781     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2010.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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