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What Is the Opportunity Cost of Moving? Reconsideration of the Effects of Distance on Migration

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  • Levy, Mildred B
  • Wadycki, Walter J

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  • Levy, Mildred B & Wadycki, Walter J, 1974. "What Is the Opportunity Cost of Moving? Reconsideration of the Effects of Distance on Migration," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 22(2), pages 198-214, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:ecdecc:v:22:y:1974:i:2:p:198-214
    DOI: 10.1086/450705
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    1. Nong ZHU, 2001. "Impacts of Income Gap on Migration Decision in China," Working Papers 200117, CERDI.
    2. A M Isserman, 1985. "Economic—Demographic Modeling with Endogenously Determined Birth and Migration Rates: Theory and Prospects," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 17(1), pages 25-45, January.
    3. Michael Greenwood, 1975. "Simultaneity bias in migration models: An empirical examination," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 12(3), pages 519-536, August.
    4. Benjamin Bobo, 1980. "Black americans and Ghanaians: Comparative patterns of internal migration," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 10(2), pages 185-198, December.
    5. Liu, Yuyun & Jiao, Yang & Xu, Xianxiang, 2020. "Promoting or preventing labor migration? Revisiting the role of language," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
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    7. Gaude, Jacques,, 1977. "Causes and repercussions of rural migration in developing countries : a critical analysis," ILO Working Papers 991715693402676, International Labour Organization.
    8. Leah Platt Boustan & Price V. Fishback & Shawn Kantor, 2010. "The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 28(4), pages 719-746, October.
    9. G M Barber & W J Milne, 1988. "Modelling Internal Migration in Kenya: An Econometric Analysis with Limited Data," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 20(9), pages 1185-1196, September.
    10. Zhu, Nong, 2002. "The impacts of income gaps on migration decisions in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(2-3), pages 213-230.
    11. Sichko, Christopher, 2024. "Migrant selection and sorting during the Great American Drought," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
    12. Brian Cushing, 2004. "Location-Specific Amenities, Equilibrium, and Constraints on Location Choices," Working Papers Working Paper 2004-11, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.

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