Determinants of emigration: Comparing migrants' selectivity from Peru and Mexico

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-193

  Takenaka, Ayumi ^a   Pren, Karen A ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Immigrant selectivity; Mexico; Peru; Role of networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954224872     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210368109     Document Type: Article

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