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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?

  • Barry Chiswick
American Economic Review
vol. 89, no. 2, May 1999
(pp. 181–185)
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Citation

Chiswick, Barry. 1999. "Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?" American Economic Review, 89 (2): 181–185. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.181

JEL Classification

  • J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity