How integrated are Finns in the Swedish Labour Market? Outcomes of free labour mobility

International Migration

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-152

  Saarela, Jan ^a   Rooth, Dan Olof ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748762476     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2006.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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