Housing costs and the geography of family migration outcomes

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-289

  Withers, Suzanne Davies ^a   Clark, William A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family migration; Gendered migration; Housing markets; Wive's employment

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; MIGRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746447674     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.415     Document Type: Article

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