Labor mobility of immigrants: Training, experience, language, and opportunities

International Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 837-872

  Cohen Goldner, Sarit ^b   Eckstein, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv University ^*

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EID: 48249127228     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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