Making careers in the occupational niche: Chinese students in corporate Japan's transnational business

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 785-803

  Liu Farrer, Gracia ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese Migrants; International Education; Japan; Occupational Niche; Skilled Migration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; STUDENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 79952913600     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.559718     Document Type: Article

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