Self-selection in migration and returns to unobservables

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1005-1024

  Dostie, Benoit ^a   Léger, Pierre Thomas ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earnings; Longitudinal data; Migration; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859780257     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0235-2     Document Type: Article

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