The effects of proximity and transportation on developing country population migrations

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-339

  Lucas, Robert E B ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Migration; Networks; Poverty traps

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POVERTY;

EID: 0035560939     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/1.3.323     Document Type: Article

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