Second-generation Jewish immigrants in Israel: Have the ethnic gaps in schooling and earnings declined?

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 507-528

  Cohen, Yinon ^a   Haberfeld, Yitchak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Earnings; Inequality; Israel; Schooling; Socio economic gaps

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION STANDARD; ETHNIC INEQUALITY; HISTORICAL STUDY; JEWISH IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; WAGE GAP;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031927173     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198798329928     Document Type: Article

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