Labour segregation and immigrant and native-born wage distributions in Spain: An analysis using matched employer-employee data

Spanish Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-168

  Simón, Hipólito ^a   Sanromá, Esteban ^b   Ramos, Raúl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigrant workers; Labour market segregation; Wage differentials between native born and immigrant workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649183424     PISSN: 14355469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10108-007-9035-1     Document Type: Article

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