A long view of America's immigration policy and the supply of foreign-born stem workers in the united states

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1029-1044

  Lowell, B Lindsay ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission policy; Immigration; Occupations; Science and engineering workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549136542     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209356237     Document Type: Article

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