A probabilistic framework for harmonisation of migration statistics

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-533

  Nowok, Beata ^a   Willekens, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counting process; Data harmonisation; Duration of stay; International migration; Migration concepts and measures

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MODELING; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80051979417     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.624     Document Type: Article

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