Poles apart? EU enlargement and the labour market outcomes of immigrants in the United Kingdom

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-190

  Drinkwater, Stephen ^a   Eade, John ^a   Garapich, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749097874     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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