The Wealth of Mexican Americans
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SIPP data are used to analyze the relative wealth position of Mexican immigrants in the United States. PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE JEL: J61, G11, J10 ∗Deborah Cobb-Clark, SPEAR Centre, RSSS, Bldg. 9, ANU, Canberra, ACT 0200. Phone: (61)-2-6125-3267. Fax: (61)-2-6125-0182. E-mail: [email protected]. Vincent Hildebrand, Department of Economics, 363 York Hall, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M6 Canada. E-mail: [email protected]. The authors would like to thank seminar participants at the Australian National Univeristy and at the 2002 Australiasian meetings of the Econometric Society for many useful comments. All errors remain our own.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004