Migrationand self-selection: Measured earnings and latent characteristics

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 769-788

  Nakosteen, Robert A ^a   Westerlund, Olle ^b   Zimmer, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATA SET; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT; MODELING;

EID: 52649137825     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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