Local unemployment and the relative wages of immigrants: Evidence from the current population surveys

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-263

  Bratsberg, Bernt ^a,b   Barth, Erling ^c   Raaum, Oddbjørn ^a  

^a RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Social

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EID: 33745440967     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.2.243     Document Type: Review

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