Employment and wage assimilation of male first-generation immigrants in Denmark

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages 39-71

  Husted, Leif ^a   Skyt Nielsen, Helena ^b   Rosholm, Michael ^b   Smith, Nina ^b  

^a Inst of Local Government Studies   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Employment; Immigrants; Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543057558     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720110386377     Document Type: Article

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