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Labor Market Effects of Open Borders

Evidence from the Finnish Construction Sector after EU Enlargement

View ORCID ProfileIsa Kuosmanen and View ORCID ProfileJaakko Meriläinen
Journal of Human Resources, March 2025, 60 (2) 434-468; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0321-11546R2
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Isa Kuosmanen is an Independent Researcher. She was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at GSEM, University of Geneva.
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vol. 60 no. 2 434-468
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0321-11546R2
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received March 1, 2021
  • Accepted May 1, 2022
  • Published online March 18, 2025.

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  1. Isa Kuosmanen
  1. Isa Kuosmanen is an Independent Researcher. She was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at GSEM, University of Geneva.
  1. Jaakko Meriläinen
  1. Jaakko Meriläinen jaakko.merilainen{at}hhs.se is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the Centro de Investigación Económica and Department of Economics, ITAM.
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