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Self-selection and earnings assimilation: Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and the United States

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  • Yitchak Haberfeld

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  • Yinon Cohen & Yitchak Haberfeld, 2007. "Self-selection and earnings assimilation: Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and the United States," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 44(3), pages 649-668, August.
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    DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0023
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