The immigrant wage gap in Canada: Quebec and the rest of Canada

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-285

  Nadeau, Serge ^a   Seckin, Aylin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immigrants vs canadian born individuals; Immigration policies; Quebec and the rest of canada; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; RACISM; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77957012727     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.36.3.265     Document Type: Article

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