The Effect of Expected Income on Individual Migration Decisions

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-251

  Kennan, John ^a,b   Walker, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic discrete choice models; Human capital; Job search; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651448399     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA4657     Document Type: Article

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