Finding a path: Investigating the labour market trajectories of high-skilled immigrants in Denmark

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-226

  Liversage, Anika ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biographical method; Denmark; High skilled migration; Labour market; Time geography

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MARGINALIZATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58149493172     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830802586195     Document Type: Article

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