Refugees in the UK labour market: The conflict between economic integration and policy-led labour market restriction

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Bloch, Alice ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; REFUGEE; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37149024056     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004727940700147X     Document Type: Article

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