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Occupational context and wage competition of new immigrant latinos with minorities and whites

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Cantazarite, L. Occupational context and wage competition of new immigrant latinos with minorities and whites. Rev Black Polit Econ 31, 77–94 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-003-1004-9

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