Do host country educations even out the playing field? Immigrant-native labor market gaps in Sweden

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-196

  Nekby, Lena ^a   Vilhelmsson, Roger ^b   Özcan, Gülay ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Agency for Government Employers (SAGE)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Immigrants; Income discrimination

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 65749308032     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15362940802198850     Document Type: Article

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