Intergenerational mobility and the earnings position of first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-292

  Hammarstedt, Mats ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 65449158816     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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