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Moving to Economic Opportunity: The Migration Response to the Fracking Boom

Riley Wilson
Published online before print April 09, 2020, 0817-8989R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.3.0817-8989R2
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Riley Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University.
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0817-8989R2
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.3.0817-8989R2
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