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Should the US have locked heaven’s door?

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  • Xavier Chojnicki
  • Frédéric Docquier
  • Lionel Ragot

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  • Xavier Chojnicki & Frédéric Docquier & Lionel Ragot, 2011. "Should the US have locked heaven’s door?," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 317-359, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:24:y:2011:i:1:p:317-359
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0286-z
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    Keywords

    Immigration; Welfare; Computable general equilibrium; J61; I3; D58;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models

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