Foreign-born internal migrants: Are they playing a different role than natives on income convergence in Spain?

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 618-628

  Hierro, María ^a   Maza, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C10; F22; Foreign born migrant; Income convergence; Internal migration; Markov chain approach; O15; R23; Spanish provinces

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MARKOV CHAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956650075     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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