"Workers wanted": Employer recruitment of immigrant labor

Work and Occupations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-473

  Rodriguez, Nestor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracero workers; Economic restructuring; H 1B visa workers; Immigrant labor recruitment; Segmented labor markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644247657     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404268870     Document Type: Review

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