How many highly skilled foreign-born are waiting in line for U.S. legal permanent residence?

International Migration Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 477-498

  Jasso, Guillermina ^a   Wadhwa, Vivek ^b   Gereffi, Gary ^b   Rissing, Ben ^c   Freeman, Richard ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953225930     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2010.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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