High-skilled return migration and knowledge-based development in Poland

European Planning Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1631-1651

  Klagge, Britta ^a   Klein Hitpaß, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b Affiliated Institute of ILS Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RETURN MIGRATION;

POLAND;

EID: 77956746880     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2010.504346     Document Type: Article

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