Migration, fixed costs, and location-specific amenities: A hazard analysis for a panel of males

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-382

  Huffman, Wallace E ^a   Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Interstate migration; Migration hazard function; Wage equations

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMETRICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; PANEL DATA; WAGE;

EID: 34547424022     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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