The economic performance of immigrants: A theory of assortative matching

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 417-449

  Hendricks, Lutz ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039737971     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00116     Document Type: Article

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