On the political economy of immigration and income redistribution

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1129-1168

  Dolmas, Jim ^a   Huffman, Gregory W ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10044236501     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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