Did the 2007 legal Arizona workers act reduce the state's unauthorized immigrant population?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-269

  Bohn, Sarah ^a   Lofstrom, Magnus ^a,b   Raphael, Steven ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84900819607     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00429     Document Type: Article

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