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Measuring Internal Migration: Retrospective Self-Report

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Hall, M. (2015). Measuring Internal Migration: Retrospective Self-Report. In: Bean, F., Brown, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Migration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6179-7_93-1

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