In text Citation: example: (Chiswick,1978,2000; Borjas, 1987,1994)?

Question

what does this mean? what does it say?

Answer 1

It means that a researchers with the last name "Cheswick" and the last name of "Borjas" published scholarly articles or books supporting the claim or assertion made in the sentence in which the citation appears. In the case of Chiswick, he or she wrote an article/book in 1978 and another in 2000. In the case of Borjas, his/her supporting articles/books were published in 1987 and another in 1994.

~M~

Answer 2

Yeah...what Michele said!