Individual Decisions to Migrate During Civil Conflict

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-424

  Bohra Mishra, Pratikshya ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Migration; Nepal; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957668014     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0016-5     Document Type: Article

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