Do Migrants Rob Jobs? Lessons of Australian History, 1861–1991

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 719-742

  Pope, David ^a   Withers, Glenn ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL STUDIES; LABOUR EFFECT; LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT; MIGRANTS; UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0027758263     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700051299     Document Type: Article

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