Research ArticleII. Social Consequences of the Great Recession
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Why Did People Move During the Great Recession? The Role of Economics in Migration Decisions
Brian L. Levy, Ted Mouw, Anthony Daniel Perez
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2017, 3 (3) 100-125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.05
Brian L. Levy
aPhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ted Mouw
bAssociate professor in the Department of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anthony Daniel Perez
cAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilll

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Why Did People Move During the Great Recession? The Role of Economics in Migration Decisions
Brian L. Levy, Ted Mouw, Anthony Daniel Perez
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2017, 3 (3) 100-125; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.05
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