How well does education travel? Education and occupation with and without migration
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occupation; education; migration; labour force survey; Hauser-Warren score;All these keywords.
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- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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