Brain drain from Turkey: Return intentions of skilled migrants

International Migration

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 208-226

  Güngör, Nil Demet ^a   Tansel, Aysit ^b  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RETURN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

TURKEY;

EID: 84909946542     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12013     Document Type: Article

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