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Guest Worker Programs and Human Capital Investment

The Bracero Program in Mexico, 1942–1964

Edward Kosack
Journal of Human Resources, March 2021, 56 (2) 570-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.0616-8015R2
Edward Kosack
Edward Kosack is an assistant professor of economics at Xavier University.
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vol. 56 no. 2 570-599
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.0616-8015R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received June 1, 2016
  • Accepted May 1, 2019
  • Published online March 25, 2021.

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  1. Edward Kosack is an assistant professor of economics at Xavier University.
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