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Jobs or amenities? Destination choices of migrant engineers in the USA

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ID12401896
AuthorsAaron J Scott (0000-0002-8742-5970, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume89
Issue1
Pages43-64
Publication date2009-10-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePapers of the Regional Science Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1056-8190 • E-ISSN: 1435-5957
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1435-5957.2009.00263.x
OpenAlexW2115288427
LanguageEN
Citations received95
References cited25

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