Defying the law of gravity: The political economy of international migration

World Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 406-445

  Fitzgerald, Jennifer ^a   Leblang, David ^b   Teets, Jessica C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; UNITED NATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FRANCE; GERMANY; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904214710     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887114000112     Document Type: Article

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