Are Skilled Women More Migratory than Skilled Men?

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-265

  Docquier, Frédéric ^a   Marfouk, Abdeslam ^a   Salomone, Sara ^b   Sekkat, Khalid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Development; Gender gap; Migration

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84864785139     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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