The determinants of regional migration in Great Britain: A duration approach

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-153

  Andrews, Martyn ^a   Clark, Ken ^a,b   Whittaker, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration; Hazard; Migration; Panel data; Regional labour markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650859533     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2010.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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