Differences in Opportunities? Wage, Employment and House-Price Effects on Migration

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 831-855

  Rabe, Birgitta ^a   Taylor, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868203039     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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