Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset, and endogenous dynamics

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Stark, Oded ^a,b,c,d,e   Jakubek, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Affinity; Cost of migration; Interpersonal bonds; Migration networks; Schedule of migration; Sequential migration

Indexed keywords

COST; FINANCE; MIGRATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84867799027     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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