Interpreting migration through the prism of reasons for moves

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-67

  Clark, William A V ^a   Maas, Regan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Migration; Residential mobility; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920804596     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1844     Document Type: Article

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