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Migration and the Quality of Life: A Review Essay

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Essays on the Quality of Life

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series ((SINS,volume 19))

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This paper provides a review of the past 30 years of research on the relationships between migration or residential mobility and the quality of life broadly construed, mainly in Canada and the United States. In the final section a check-list of critical issues in quality-of-life research is given.

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Michalos, A.C. (2003). Migration and the Quality of Life: A Review Essay. In: Essays on the Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0389-5_5

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