Wages and employment of French workers with African origin

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 881-905

  Aeberhardt, Romain ^a   Fougère, Denis ^a,b,c,d   Pouget, Julien ^a,d   Rathelot, Roland ^a,e  

^a CREST   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e DARES   (France)

Author keywords

African migrants; Discrimination; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953081825     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0266-3     Document Type: Article

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