Language-based earnings differentials on the Swiss labour market: Is Italian a liability?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 520-532

  Grin, François ^a   Sfreddo, Claudio ^b  

^a Flensburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Language; Pay; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032348345     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729810237196     Document Type: Review

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