Why are Europeans so tough on migrants?

Economic Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 629-703

  Boeri, Tito ^a,b,c   Brücker, Herbert ^a,b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748314834     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2005.00148.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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