General versus vocational education and employment integration of immigrants in Sweden

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-192

  Dahlstedt, Inge ^a   Bevelander, Pieter ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment acquisition; Human capital; Immigrants; Professional education; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; PROBABILITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILE; GERMANY; IRAN; IRAQ; LEBANON; POLAND; ROMANIA; SWEDEN; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 77953434386     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2010.480879     Document Type: Article

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