How much do immigration and trade affect labor market outcomes?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-90

  Borjas, George J ^a   Freeman, Richard B ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; IMMIGRANTS; INCOME; INCOME--DETERMINANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR FORCE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATIONALITY; NATIVE-BORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; COMMERCE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HUMAN RESOURCES; IMMIGRANTS; INCOME--DETERMINANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR FORCE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATIONALITY; NATIVE-BORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; COMMERCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; INCOME; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031291919     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534701     Document Type: Article

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