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He has been described as americas leading immigration economist and the leading sceptic of immigration among economists. Jan 14, 2015 labor economics, seventh edition by george j. Borjas, the nations leading immigration economist and an nr contributor, is also the author of one of the top college textbooks on labor economics, now in its seventh edition. The author introduces, through examples, methodological techniques that are commonly used in labor economics to empirically test various. Publication date 2000 topics labor market united states, labor economics, marche du. The economics of labor critical concepts in economics. Immigration economics synthesizes the theories, models, and econometric methods used to identify the causes and consequences of international labor flows. Scrivner professor of economics and social policy at the harvard kennedy school.
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