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Declining Outmigration and Local Labor Markets

Emily Conover, Melanie Khamis and Sarah Pearlman
Published online before print August 06, 2021, 1219-10616R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1219-10616R3
Emily Conover
*Emily Conover is an Associate Professor of Economics at Hamilton College
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*Melanie Khamis is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and is an IZA research fellow
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*Sarah Pearlman is an Associate Professor of Economics at Vassar College
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1219-10616R3
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1219-10616R3
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Published online August 6, 2021.

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  1. Emily Conover*⇑,
  2. Melanie Khamis* and
  3. Sarah Pearlman*
  1. *Emily Conover is an Associate Professor of Economics at Hamilton College
  2. *Melanie Khamis is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and is an IZA research fellow
  3. *Sarah Pearlman is an Associate Professor of Economics at Vassar College
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