Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition

Michael J. Greenwood and John McDowell ()
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Michael J. Greenwood: University of Colorado at Boulder

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Abstract: Greenwood and McDowell develop empirical models that enable them to examine the influence of two important determinants - source country characteristics and U.S. immigration policy - on the gender, age, and skills of immigrants coming to America.

Keywords: immigrants; legal immigrants; skill sets; demographics; migration flows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
ISBN: cloth 9780880991902 paper 9780880991896
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