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Job search with an external opportunity: an experimental exploration of the Todaro Paradox

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Wayne Edwards
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Volume (Year): 42 (2008)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 807-819
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  11. Agesa, Richard U & Kim, Sunwoong, 2001. "Rural to Urban Migration as a Household Decision: Evidence from Kenya," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 5(1), pages 60-75, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Wayne Edwards & Tara Natarajan, 2007. "Rigidities, Living Conditions, and Institutions in the Far North," Forum for Social Economics, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 63-72, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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