Impacts of policy reforms on the supply of Mexican labor to U.S. farms: New evidence from Mexico

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-16

  Boucher, Stephen R ^a   Smith, Aaron ^a   Edward, Taylor J ^a   Yúnez Naude, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Economic Studies   (Mexico)

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EID: 33846704049     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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