Migration, job change, and wage growth: A new perspective on the pecuniary return to geographic mobility

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 483-516

  Yankow, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; WAGE;

EID: 4644311196     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9787.00308     Document Type: Review

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