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American Economic Review

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

Illegal Immigration, Border Enforcement, and Relative Wages: Evidence from Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico Border

  • Gordon H. Hanson
  • Antonio Spilimbergo
American Economic Review
vol. 89, no. 5, December 1999
(pp. 1337–1357)
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Citation

Hanson, Gordon, H., and Antonio Spilimbergo. 1999. "Illegal Immigration, Border Enforcement, and Relative Wages: Evidence from Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico Border." American Economic Review, 89 (5): 1337–1357. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.5.1337

JEL Classification

  • J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
  • J11 Demographic Trends and Forecasts; General Migration