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Home Sweet Home: Impacts of Living Conditions on Rural-Urban Labor Migration Using Evidence from a Housing Lottery

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  • Qiu, Huanguang
  • Hong, Junqiao
  • Wang, Xiangrui
  • Filipski, Mateusz

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  • Qiu, Huanguang & Hong, Junqiao & Wang, Xiangrui & Filipski, Mateusz, 2021. "Home Sweet Home: Impacts of Living Conditions on Rural-Urban Labor Migration Using Evidence from a Housing Lottery," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315308, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.315308
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