U.S. imports of low-skilled labor: Restrict or liberalize?

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-151

  Dixon, Peter B ^a   Rimmer, Maureen T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Illegal immigration; U.S. immigration policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896530220     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-8715(2010)0000007008     Document Type: Article

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