Chinese immigrants in the U.S. Labor market: Effects of post-tiananmen immigration policy

International Migration Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 456-482

  Orrenius, Pia ^a   Zavodny, Madeline ^b   Kerr, Emily ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b Mitgl d Acad o Vet Cardio USA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862882137     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Review

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