The productivity of return migrants: the case of China’s “Sea Turtles”

IZA Journal of Migration

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Return migrants; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983243358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9039-2-5     Document Type: Article

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