A comparative static model of the relationship between immigration and the short-run job prospects of unemployed residents

Economic Record

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-368

  Chapman, Bruce ^a   Cobb Clark, Deborah ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033508119     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1999.tb02572.x     Document Type: Article

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