Immigration and the economic status of African-American men

Economica

Volumn 77, Issue 306, 2010, Pages 255-282

  Borjas, George J ^a   Grogger, Jeffrey ^b   Hanson, Gordon H ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CENSUS; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950849349     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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