The incentive for rural to urban migration: A re-examination of the Harris-Todaro model

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Agesa, Richard U ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003888393     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048500351924     Document Type: Article

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