A positive theory of immigration amnesties

Economics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Karlson, Stephen H ^a   Katz, Eliakim ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illegal immigration; Immigration amnesty; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037294499     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00246-X     Document Type: Article

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