Immigrants and natives in U.S. science and engineering occupations, 1994-2006

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 801-820

  Sana, Mariano ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANPOWER; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; POLICY; SCIENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955979537     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0117     Document Type: Review

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