Shifts in the employment conditions of Mexican migrant men and women: The effect of U.S. immigration policy

Work and Occupations

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-495

  Donato, Katharine M ^a   Wakabayashi, Chizuko ^a   Hakimzadeh, Shirin ^b   Armenta, Amada ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Immigration; Mexico; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049108856     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888408322859     Document Type: Review

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