The significance of labour migration for the workers' countries of origin

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The findings that follow are described in detail, with theoretical argumentation, in E. Tuchtfeldt, T. Straubhaar: Die Arbeitskräftewanderung aus dem Mittelmeerraum—Entwicklung und Bedeutung für die Herkunftsländer, in: H. Giersch (ed.): Probleme und Perspektiven der weltwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Berlin 1985.Google Scholar

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