Does immigration affect wages? A look at occupation-level evidence

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 757-773

  Orrenius, Pia M ^a   Zavodny, Madeline ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Natives; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548306594     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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