Migration trajectories of 'highly skilled' middling transnationals: Singaporean transmigrants in London

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-129

  Ho, Elaine Lynn ee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highly skilled migration; London; Middling transnationals; Singapore; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; TRAJECTORY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650643757     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.569     Document Type: Article

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