Chapter 14 Economic impact of international migration and the economic performance of migrants

Handbook of Population and Family Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART B, 1997, Pages 799-850

  Lalonde, Robert J ^a,b   Topel, Robert H ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77956741665     PISSN: 1574003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-003X(97)80006-2     Document Type: Review

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