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Does migration benefit disadvantaged workers?

dc:creator Rohr-Zanker, Ruth

thesis:degree_name Ph. D.

dc:date.issued1990

Abstract

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Human capital theory, the dominant approach to labor migration, assumes that workers who migrate improve their economic well-being.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name: Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level: doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline: Environmental Design and Planning
Department dc:contributor.department: Environmental Design and Planning
Grantor dc:publisher: Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued: 1990

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator: Rohr-Zanker, Ruth
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair: Bohland, James R.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember: Levy, John M.
Fuller, Theodore D.
Knox, Paul L.
Rosenberry, Sara A.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights: In Copyright
Licence dc:rights.uri: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language dc:language.iso: en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other: etd-07112007-092848
OAI identifier oai:identifier: oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/38758

Chain of custody

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Last updated: 2026-07-22
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citation

Rohr-Zanker, Ruth. Does migration benefit disadvantaged workers?. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38758

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