Earnings and occupational attainment among immigrants

Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 454-465

  Chiswick, Barry R ^a,b   Miller, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649130805     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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