Returns to migration, education and externalities in the European Union

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-434

  Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^a,b   Tselios, Vassilis ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Sciences   (Spain)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; European regions; Externalities; Individual earnings; Migration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; MICROECONOMICS; RETURN MIGRATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 77954655744     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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