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The Economic Impact of Migrants from Hurricane Maria

Giovanni Peri, View ORCID ProfileDerek Rury and View ORCID ProfileJustin C. Wiltshire
Journal of Human Resources, November 2024, 59 (6) 1795-1829; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0521-11655R1
Giovanni Peri
Giovanni Peri is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis; Director of the Global Migration Center 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 in Bonn, Germany ([email protected]).
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Derek Rury
Derek Rury is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy ([email protected]).
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Justin C. Wiltshire
Justin Wiltshire is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria ([email protected]).
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