International job search: Mexicans in and out of the US

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-82

  Rendon, Sílvio ^a   Cuecuecha, Alfredo ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

International migration; Job search; Job turnover; Savings; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549136479     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-009-9070-9     Document Type: Article

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