Economics and emigration: Trillion-dollar bills on the sidewalk?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 83-106

  Clemens, Michael A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051947719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.3.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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