Intergenerational transmission of language capital and economic outcomes

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 660-687

  Casey, Teresa ^a   Dustmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC THEORY; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; LANGUAGE;

EID: 49549092686     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.43.3.660     Document Type: Article

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