Inequality, the Urban-Rural Gap, and Migration*

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Quarterly Journal of Economics

• Publication date

  2013-11-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Economics

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  DOI 10.1093/QJE/QJT025
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