What determines the duration of stay of immigrants in Germany?: Evidence from a longitudinal duration analysis

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 769-782

  Gundel, Sebastian ^a   Peters, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Immigration; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349176000     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290810905414     Document Type: Article

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