Fear, unemployment and migration

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 535, 2009, Pages

  Blanchflower, David G ^a,b,c,d   Shadforth, Chris ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c CESifo ^*

^d BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INFLATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59449089099     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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