Seasonal migration and improving living standards in Vietnam

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-447

  de Brauw, Alan ^a,b   Harigaya, Tomoko ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Measurement error; Migration; Panel data; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; LABOR MIGRATION; LIVING STANDARD; PANEL DATA; POVERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34547458748     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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