The Catalan premium: Language and employment in Catalonia

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 669-686

  Rendon, Sílvio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Imigration; Language; Skill primium

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547464231     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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