Cultural barriers in migration between OECD countries

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1077-1105

  Belot, Michèle ^a   Ederveen, Sjef ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture; International migration; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860004903     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0356-x     Document Type: Article

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