Post-migration investments in education and job search: A family perspective

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 663-690

  Cobb Clark, Deborah ^a   Connolly, Marie D ^b   Worswick, Christopher ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHATHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human capital investments; Immigrants; Job search

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144490626     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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