Differential employment patterns for citizens and non-citizens in science and engineering in the United States: Minting and competitive effects

Growth and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-475

  Levin, Sharon G ^a   Black, Grant C ^b   Winkler, Anne E ^a   Stephan, Paula E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644280325     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2004.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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