Volume 34 - Article 30 | Pages 845–884
Human capital on the move: Education as a determinant of internal migration in selected INDEPTH surveillance populations in Africa
By Carren Ginsburg, Philippe Bocquier, Donatien Beguy, Sulaimon Afolabi, Orvalho Augusto, Karim Derra, Frank Odhiambo, Mark Otiende, Abdramane B. Soura, Pascal Zabre, Michael White, Mark Collinson
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