Job search methods and their success: A comparison of immigrants and natives in the UK

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 507, 2005, Pages

  Frijters, Paul ^a   Shields, Michael A ^a   Price, Stephen Wheatley ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744475000     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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