Incorporating immigrant flows into microsimulation models

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Duleep, Harriet Orcutt ^a,b,c   Dowhan, Daniel J ^a  

^a Office of Research Evaluation and Statistics

^b The College of William and Mary

^c Institute for the Study of Labor

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51549092714     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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