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Geographical Labour Mobility: Migration or Commuting?

Kent Eliasson Department of Economics, Umeå University, Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies (ITPS), Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
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Urban Lindgren Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
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Olle Westerlund Department of Economics, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
Pages 827-837 | Published online: 18 Aug 2010

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