Come back or stay? Spend here or there? Return and remittances: The case of Moldova

International Migration

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 142-173

  Pinger, Pia ^a  

^a ZEW Department of Labour Markets   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RETURN MIGRATION;

MOLDOVA;

EID: 77956577260     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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