Reinterpreting the performance of immigrant wages from panel data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-147

  Hum, Derek ^a   Simpson, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigration; Panel data; Wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; PANEL DATA; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0347664104     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0193-1     Document Type: Article

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