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Return Migration Decisions and Declining Earnings

Immigrants in Linked Survey and Administrative Data

Randall Akee and Maggie R. Jones
Published online before print January 08, 2024, 0722-12457R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0722-12457R2
Randall Akee
†UCLA and NBER
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