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The Impact of College on Migration

Evidence from the Vietnam Generation

Ofer Malamud and Abigail Wozniak
Journal of Human Resources, October 2012, 47 (4) 913-950; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.4.913
Ofer Malamud
Ofer Malamud is an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at University of Chicago and NBER. Abigail Wozniak is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame, NBER and IZA
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Ofer Malamud is an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at University of Chicago and NBER. Abigail Wozniak is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame, NBER and IZA
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