Productivity of highly skilled immigrants: Economists in the postwar period

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 672-684

  Mcdowell, John M ^a   Singell Jr , Larry D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0034360931     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2000.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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