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Does migration benefit disadvantaged workers?

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

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

Degree

thesis:*
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

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
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
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

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