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The Effect of Immigration on Wages

Exploiting Exogenous Variation at the National Level

Joan Llull
Journal of Human Resources, July 2018, 53 (3) 608-662; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.3.0315-7032R2

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