Earnings and linguistic proficiency in a bilingual economy

Manchester School

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-320

  Henley, Andrew ^a   Jones, Rhian Eleri ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20444446790     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2005.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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