Explaining U.S. immigration, 1971-1998

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-373

  Clark, Ximena ^a   Hatton, Timothy J ^b   Williamson, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248329641     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.2.359     Document Type: Article

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