Migrants' skills and productivity: A European perspective

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Huber, Peter ^a   Landesmann, Michael ^b   Robinson, Catherine ^c   Stehrer, Robert ^b  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^b The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies   (Austria)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Migration; productivity; skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956016938     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950113803222     Document Type: Article

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