Economic narratives and international migration under liberalization: Lost in translation

Economy and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-198

  Jonakin, Jon ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

international migration; Latin America; liberalization; market failure

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LIBERALIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84861866377     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2012.661624     Document Type: Article

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