The labour market impact of immigration

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-495

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Glitz, Albrecht ^b   Frattini, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Labour market impact; Migration; Wage distribution

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; IMMIGRATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58449116965     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn024     Document Type: Article

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