Credit constraints and the labour supply of immigrant families in Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-170

  Worswick, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DECISION MAKING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR SUPPLY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033066177     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136400     Document Type: Article

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