Foreign diploma versus immigrant background: Determinants of labour market success or failure?

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-49

  Støren, Liv Anne ^a   Wiers Jenssen, Jannecke ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Higher educaton; Immigrants; International mobility; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849133167     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315308327951     Document Type: Article

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