The political economy of international migration in a Ricardo-Viner model

International Migration: Trends, Policy and Economic Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 41-68

  Grether, Jean Marie ^a   de Melo, Jaime ^b,c   Müller, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

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EID: 85070289129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203989067-18     Document Type: Chapter

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