Moving up the ladder? The impact of migration experience on occupational mobility in Albania

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 846-869

  Carletto, Calogero ^a   Kilic, Talip ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LIVING STANDARD; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RETURN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

ALBANIA; GREECE; ITALY;

EID: 79960492807     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.509926     Document Type: Article

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