Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities: Evidence from England

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 542, 2010, Pages

  Battu, Harminder ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TRADE-OFF;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74949142760     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02337.x     Document Type: Article

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