Unskilled labor and wage determination: An empirical investigation for Germany

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-171

  Winkelmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Immigration; Rents; Specific factor model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR FORCE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAGES--DETERMINANTS; WESTERN EUROPE;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF; HUMAN RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR FORCE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGES--DETERMINANTS; WESTERN EUROPE;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GERMANY, WEST; HEALTH MANPOWER; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030306421     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00003832     Document Type: Article

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