The effect of immigration along the distribution of wages

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-173

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Frattini, Tommaso ^b   Preston, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immigration; Impact; Wage distribution

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMMIGRATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE;

EID: 84873580424     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rds019     Document Type: Article

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