Skilled German migrants and their motives for migration within Europe

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-293

  Verwiebe, Roland ^a   Mau, Steffen ^b   Seidel, Nana ^b   Kathmann, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Migration within Europe; Motives for migration; Skilled migration

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SKILLED LABOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954456863     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-010-0141-9     Document Type: Article

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