Minorities on the move? Assessing post-enlargement emigration intentions of Latvia's Russian speaking minority

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-52

  Ivlevs, Artjoms ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; CITIZENSHIP; EMIGRATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; PROBABILITY;

LATVIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84879245611     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0534-0     Document Type: Article

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