Why do migrants return to poor countries? Evidence from Philippine migrants' responses to exchange rate

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 715-735

  Yang, Dean ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33750902400     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.4.715     Document Type: Article

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