A model of the skill composition of US immigration

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-308

  Greenwood, Michael J ^a   McDowell, John M ^b   Waldman, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL MODEL; IMMIGRANT LABOUR; MODELLING APPROACH; SKILLS COMPOSITION;

USA;

EID: 0029799226     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328669     Document Type: Article

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