New evidence on emigrant selection

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-96

  Moraga, Jesús Fernández Huertas ^a  

^a Barcelona)   (Spain)

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EID: 79951722434     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00050     Document Type: Article

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