Rainfall patterns and U.S. Migration from rural Mexico

International Migration Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 874-909

  Hunter, Lori M ^a   Murray, Sheena ^a   Riosmena, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DROUGHT; EMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RAINFALL; RURAL AREA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890015911     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imre.12051     Document Type: Article

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