Paper Walls Are Easier to Tear Down: Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2026-2039

  McKenzie, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers to exit; migration; passport costs; world

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EMIGRATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 35648970980     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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