Interstate migration of the us poverty population: immigration "pushes" and welfare magnet "pulls"

Population and Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 491-533

  Frey, William H ^a   Liaw, Kao Lee ^b   Xie, Yu ^a   Carlson, Marcia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001610894     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208337     Document Type: Article

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