Measuring immigration's effects on labor demand: A reexamination of the Mariel Boatlift

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-574

  Bodvarsson, Örn B ^a,b   Van den Berg, Hendrik F ^b,c   Lewer, Joshua J ^d  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Consumption; F22; Immigration; J61; Retail; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049097727     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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