The impact of immigration on international trade: A meta- analysis

Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 301-337

  Genc, Murat ^a   Gheasi, Masood ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Poot, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84881715344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857934581.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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