Are there diverging time trends in the educational attainment of nationals and second generation immigrants?

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-346

  Riphahn, Regina T ^a,b  

^a Basel ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Educational attainment; Second generation immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 19844362717     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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