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Out of Africa: what drives the pressure to emigrate?

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Hendrik Dalen ()
George Groenewold ()
Jeannette Schoorl ()

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Volume (Year): 18 (2005)
Issue (Month): 4 (November)
Pages: 741-778
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Keywords: Migration; Intentions; Selection; Networks; F22; O52; P2;

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  1. Dalen, H.P. van & Henkens, K., 2009. "Invisible Barriers in International Labour Migration: The Case of the Netherlands," Discussion Paper 2009-16, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  2. Hendrik van Dalen & Kene Henkens, 2005. "The Rationality Behind Immigration Policy Preferences," De Economist, Springer, vol. 153(1), pages 67-83, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hendrik P. van Dalen & Kène Henkens, 2006. "When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-026/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
  4. Hendrik P. van Dalen, 2007. "Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 07-051/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
  5. Annett Fleischer, 2006. "Family, obligations, and migration: the role of kinship in Cameroon," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2006-047, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  6. Dennis Görlich & Christoph Trebesch, 2008. "Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer, vol. 144(1), pages 107-133, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Annett Fleischer, 2007. "Family, obligations, and migration," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 16(13), pages 413-440, May. [Downloadable!]
  8. Dennis Görlich & Christoph Trebesch, 2006. "Mass Migration and Seasonality. Evidence on Moldova's Labour Exodus," Kiel Advanced Studies Working Papers 435, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Dimova, Ralitza & Wolff, François-Charles, 2009. "Remittances and Chain Migration: Longitudinal Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina," IZA Discussion Papers 4083, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  10. Hendrik P. van Dalen & George Groenewold & Tineke Fokkema, 2005. "Remittances and their Effect on Emigration Intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 05-030/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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