Personal characteristics, unemployment, and anxiety among highly educated immigrants

International Migration

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 57-75

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Kaufman, Roni ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 4043067031     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-7985.2004.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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