Gender and ethnicity - Married immigrants in Britain

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 462-484

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Fabbri, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; IMMIGRANT; MARRIAGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28844470724     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri026     Document Type: Article

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