Recent trends in the skill composition of legal U.S. immigrants

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 938-957

  Polgreen, Linnea ^a   Simpson, Nicole B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 33646710109     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20111862     Document Type: Review

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