Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?: An Economic Analysis

Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-82

  Chiswick, Barry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 85145862404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203950449-8     Document Type: Chapter

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