Listening to what the world says: Bilingualism and earnings in the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 523-538

  Saiz, Albert ^a   Zoido, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LECG Europe ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23844503577     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653054638256     Document Type: Article

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