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Migration, Assets and Income Inequality in a Diversified Household-Farm Economy: Evidence from Mexico

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  • Taylor, J. Edward & Wyatt, TJ, 1992. "Migration, Assets and Income Inequality in a Diversified Household-Farm Economy: Evidence from Mexico," Working Papers 232415, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.232415
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