Staunching emigration from east Germany: Age and the determinants of migration

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1014-1037

  Hunt, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NBER ^*

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EID: 33847790069     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2006.4.5.1014     Document Type: Article

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