Coming out of the Shadows: Learning about Legal Status and Wages from the Legalized Population

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 598-628

  Kossoudji, Sherrie A ^b   Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036056924     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339611     Document Type: Review

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