Immigrant public finance transfers: A comparative analysis by city

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-169

  De Voretz, Don ^a   Pivnenko, Sergiy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Public finance

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2142710128     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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