Firms and the economics of skilled immigration

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-152

  Kerr, Sari Pekkala ^a   Kerr, William R ^b   Lincoln, William F ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84930513736     PISSN: 15313468     EISSN: 15372618     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/680061     Document Type: Article

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