Are third world emigration forces abating?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-32

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b   Williamson, Jeffrey G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Emigration; Life cycle; Third World

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; EMIGRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149498780     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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