The Influence of Social Programs in Source Countries on Various Classes of U.S. Immigration

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 445, 1999, Pages 64-74

  Greenwood, Michael J ^a   McDowell, John M ^b   Waldman, Donald M ^a   Zahniser, Steven S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hausman Taylor instrumental variable estimate; Migration; Pooled data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033247291     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1999.10473819     Document Type: Article

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