Long and short distance migration in Italy: The role of economic, social and environmental characteristics;Migration éloignée et rapprochée en italie: Rô;le de facteurs économiques, sociaux et environnementaux

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-131

  Biagi, Bianca ^a   Faggian, Alessandra ^b   McCann, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79251575357     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2010.540035     Document Type: Article

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