Education and human capital management in a world city: The case of Singapore

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-276

  Ho, K C ^a   Ge, Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Human capital; Migration; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053020939     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2011.595058     Document Type: Article

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