Timing is everything: Short-run population impacts of immigration in US cities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-78

  Wozniak, Abigail ^a   Murray, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Local labor markets; Population change; Short run dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859932407     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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