Offshoring, immigration, and the native wage distribution

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 830-856

  Olney, William W ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 84865191418     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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