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Low-Skilled Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-Educated Mothers in the United States

Evidence from Time-Use Data

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Almudena Sevilla
Journal of Human Resources, July 2014, 49 (3) 509-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.3.509
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