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What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants “Take Their Jobs”?

Cristina Cattaneo, Carlo V. Fiorio and Giovanni Peri
Journal of Human Resources, July 2015, 50 (3) 655-693; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.655
Cristina Cattaneo
Cristina Cattaneo is senior researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei-FEEM, Milan, Italy. Carlo V. Fiorio is an associate professor of public economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Senior researcher at Irvapp, Trento and Research Fellow at Dondena, Milan, Italy. Giovanni Peri is full professor of economics at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
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Carlo V. Fiorio
Cristina Cattaneo is senior researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei-FEEM, Milan, Italy. Carlo V. Fiorio is an associate professor of public economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Senior researcher at Irvapp, Trento and Research Fellow at Dondena, Milan, Italy. Giovanni Peri is full professor of economics at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
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Giovanni Peri
Cristina Cattaneo is senior researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei-FEEM, Milan, Italy. Carlo V. Fiorio is an associate professor of public economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Senior researcher at Irvapp, Trento and Research Fellow at Dondena, Milan, Italy. Giovanni Peri is full professor of economics at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
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