English language and low-skilled jobs: The structure of employment

Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-465

  Maxwell, Nan L ^a  

^a Human Investment Research and Education (HIRE) Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LANGUAGE; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 77954151727     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2010.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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