Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 477-497

  Rabe, Birgitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double selection; Dual earner couples; Family migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751644376     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0292-1     Document Type: Article

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