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Intermarriage and the labour-force participation of immigrants: differences by gender

Sukanya BasuDepartment of Economics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1597-1604 | Published online: 17 Jul 2017

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