Earnings inequality, returns to education and immigration into Ireland

Labour Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 665-680

  Barrett, Alan ^a   FitzGerald, John ^a   Nolan, Brian ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Immigration; Ireland; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837196     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(02)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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