Networks in the modern economy: Mexican migrants in the U. S. Labor market

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 549-599

  Munshi, Kaivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038353808     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355303321675455     Document Type: Review

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