The Role of the Family in Immigrants' Labor-Market Activity: An Evaluation of Alternative Explanations

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 705-727

  Baker, Michael ^a   Benjamin, Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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