International cooperation to manage high-skill migration: The case of India-U.S. relations

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-526

  Davis, Ted ^a   Hart, David M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High skill migration; India U.S. relations; International governance

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; SKILLED LABOR;

INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955024791     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2010.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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