What do networks do? The role of networks on migration and "coyote" use

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-359

  Dolfin, Sarah ^a   Genicot, Garance ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOB SEARCH; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 77953208254     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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