Identifying earnings assimilation of immigrants under changing macroeconomic conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Barth, Erling ^a   Bratsberg, Bernt ^b,c   Raaum, Oddbjørn ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings assimilation; Immigrants; Labour market conditions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 2442608754     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.t01-1-00345.x     Document Type: Article

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