The visible minority earnings gap across generations of Canadians

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 860-881

  Skuterud, Mikal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; WAGE GAP;

CANADA;

EID: 77955128372     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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