The new labor market: Immigrants and wages after IRCA

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-246

  Phillips, Julie A ^b   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033125871     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648111     Document Type: Article

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