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The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave

Synthetic Control Method Meets the Mariel Boatlift

Giovanni Peri and Vasil Yasenov
Journal of Human Resources, March 2019, 54 (2) 267-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.0217.8561R1
Giovanni Peri
Professor of economics at the University of California, Davis, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, and a Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
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Vasil Yasenov
Postdoctoral scholar at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Affiliate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
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vol. 54 no. 2 267-309
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.0217.8561R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received February 1, 2017
  • Accepted August 1, 2017
  • Published online April 16, 2019.

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  1. Giovanni Peri (gperi{at}ucdavis.edu)
  1. Professor of economics at the University of California, Davis, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, and a Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
  1. Vasil Yasenov (yasenov{at}berkeley.edu)
  1. Postdoctoral scholar at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Affiliate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
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