Why Did People Move During the Great Recession? The Role of Economics in Migration Decisions
Labor migration offers an important mechanism to reallocate workers when there are regional differences in employment conditions. Whereas conventional wisdom suggests migration rates should increase during recessions as workers move out of areas that are hit hardest, initial evidence suggested that...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Russell Sage Foundation
2017-04-01
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| Series: | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.05 |