Voting with their feet: Relative economic conditions and state migration patterns

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 122-135

  Sasser, Alicia C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration patterns; Relative economic conditions

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET CONDITIONS; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951938738     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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