The Role of Migration in the Urban Transition: A Demonstration From Albania

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1527-1550

  Lerch, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albania; Components of urban growth; International migration; Post communist transition; Urban transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALBANIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905051278     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0315-8     Document Type: Article

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