A capital mistake? The neglected effect of immigration on average wages
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- Declan Trott, 2011. "A Capital Mistake? The Neglected Effect of Immigration on Average Wages," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics 2011-544, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics.
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JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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