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Drug Violence and Migration Flows

Lessons from the Mexican Drug War

Sandra Orozco-Aleman and Heriberto Gonzalez-Lozano
Journal of Human Resources, July 2018, 53 (3) 717-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.3.0215-6948R4
Sandra Orozco-Aleman
Sandra Orozco-Aleman is an assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University. Heriberto Gonzalez Lozano is a clinical assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University.
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Sandra Orozco-Aleman is an assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University. Heriberto Gonzalez Lozano is a clinical assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University.
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vol. 53 no. 3 717-749
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.3.0215-6948R4
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received February 1, 2015
  • Accepted February 1, 2017
  • Published online June 25, 2018.

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  1. Sandra Orozco-Aleman is an assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University. Heriberto Gonzalez Lozano is a clinical assistant professor of economics at the Department of Finance and Economics at Mississippi State University.
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    • I. Motivation
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    • VI. Exclusion Restriction and Robustness Tests
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