Task specialization, immigration, and wages

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-69

  Peri, Giovanni ^a   Sparber, Chad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 77954605495     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.3.135     Document Type: Article

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