Volume 39 - Article 38 | Pages 1009–1038
Return intentions over the life course: Evidence on the effects of life events from a longitudinal sample of first- and second-generation Turkish migrants in Germany
By Giulia Bettin, Eralba Cela, Tineke Fokkema
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