The earnings of self-employed Mexican Americans along the U.S.-Mexico border

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 483-499

  Flota, Chrystell ^a   Mora, Marie T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 19544364147     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001680100051     Document Type: Article

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