Understanding the labour market participation of skilled immigrant women in Switzerland: The interplay of class, ethnicity, and gender

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-183

  Riaño, Yvonne ^a   Baghdadi, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Class; Ethnicity; Gender; Labour market participation; Latin Americans; Middle Easterners; Skilled immigrants; Southeastern Europeans

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CLASS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; GENDER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38849113181     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-007-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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