Joint impacts of immigration on wages and employment: review and meta-analysis

Simonetta Longhi1, Peter Nijkamp2, Jacques Poot3
1Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
2Department of Spatial Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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