Unemployment among immigrants in European labour markets: An analysis of origin and destination effects

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-354

  Fleischmann, Fenella ^a   Dronkers, Jaap ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Gender; Immigrants; Social policy; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953971535     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010362153     Document Type: Article

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