Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? Graduate mobility and job satisfaction in Italy

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2761-2777

  Iammarino, Simona ^a,b   Marinelli, Elisabetta ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ITALY;

EID: 82755167205     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44126     Document Type: Article

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