Volume 41 - Article 31 | Pages 913–948  

A spatial dynamic panel approach to modelling the space-time dynamics of interprovincial migration flows in China

By Yingxia Pu, Xinyi Zhao, Guangqing Chi, Jin Zhao, Fanhua Kong

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