Economic Explanations for Opposition to Immigration: Distinguishing between Prevalence and Conditional Impact

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-410

  Malhotra, Neil ^a   Margalit, Yotam ^b   Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875951127     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12012     Document Type: Article

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