Self-selection and international migration: New evidence from Mexico

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-91

  Kaestner, Robert ^a   Malamud, Ofer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84896328158     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00375     Document Type: Article

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