Education's effect on poverty: The role of migration

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-445

  Weber, Bruce ^a   Marre, Alexander ^a   Fisher, Monica ^a   Gibbs, Robert ^b   Cromartie, John ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 34447548632     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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