You can't take it with you? Immigrant assimilation and the portability of human capital

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-251

  Friedberg, Rachel M ^a  

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EID: 0034397777     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209957     Document Type: Article

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