Internal migration, asymmetric shocks, and interprovincial economic adjustments in Canada

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-223

  Coulombe, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Convergence; Human capital; Internal migration; Regional growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644808947     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606286357     Document Type: Article

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