Immigrants' identity, economic outcomes and the transmission of identity across generations

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 542, 2010, Pages

  Casey, Teresa ^a   Dustmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LABOR MARKET;

EID: 74949095888     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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