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Immigration and Informal Labor

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  • Sarah Bohn & Emily Greene Owens, 2012. "Immigration and Informal Labor," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(4), pages 845-873, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indres:v:51:y:2012:i:4:p:845-873
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00707.x
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    1. Bohn, Sarah & Lofstrom, Magnus, 2012. "Employment Effects of State Legislation against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 6598, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Diego Ravenda & Maika M. Valencia-Silva & Josep M. Argiles-Bosch & Josep García-Blandón, 2021. "The Effects of Immigration on Labour Tax Avoidance: An Empirical Spatial Analysis," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 170(3), pages 471-496, May.
    3. Oussama Ben Atta & Isabelle Chort & Jean-Noël Senne, 2022. "Immigration, integration, and the informal economy in OECD countries," Working papers of Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales (TREE) hal-03822494, HAL.
    4. Sarah Bohn & Robert Santillano, 2017. "Local Immigration Enforcement and Local Economies," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(2), pages 236-262, April.

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