Internal migration in the United States

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-196

  Molloy, Raven ^a   Smith, Christopher L ^a   Wozniak, Abigail ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 80051931964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.3.173     Document Type: Article

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