Nber Working Paper Series Immigration and Inequality
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Ely Lecture prepared for the January 2009 meetings of the American Economic Association. Some of this findings reported here are taken from an ongoing collaboration with Giovanni Peri and Steven Raphael: I am extremely grateful for their input. I also thank Larry Katz for detailed comments, and Christian Dustmann for helpful discussions. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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