Employment, wages, and the economic cycle: Differences between immigrants and natives

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Glitz, Albrecht ^a,b   Vogel, Thorsten ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Immigration; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC CYCLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73549095527     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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