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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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Heriberto Gonzalez-Lozano
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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