Importing the poor: Welfare magnetism and cross-border welfare migration

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-76

  McKinnish, Terra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8744291658     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xl.1.57     Document Type: Article

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