Ethnic inequalities at the transition from school to work in Belgium and Spain: Discrimination or self-exclusion?

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-274

  Kalter, Frank ^a   Kogan, Irena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic inequalities; Labor market; Self exclusion processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750070332     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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