English Skills, Earnings, and the Occupational Sorting of Mexican Americans along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Alberto Davila; Marie T. Mora

doi:10.1177/019791830003400106

English Skills, Earnings, and the Occupational Sorting of Mexican Americans along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Alberto Davila
, Marie T. Mora

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Original language	American English
Journal	International Migration Review
Volume	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/019791830003400106
State	Published - Jan 21 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Sociology

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