Immigration policy prior to the 1930s: Labor markets, policy interactions, and globalization backlash

Population and Development Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 739-771

  Timmer, Ashley S ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MARKET; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0032454599     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2808023     Document Type: Article

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