The cost of being palestinian in Lebanon

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-166

  Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^a   Khawaja, Marwan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Labour Force Segregation; Lebanon; Palestinian Refugees; Unequal Wages

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OCCUPATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON; PALESTINE;

EID: 78149370348     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.521363     Document Type: Article

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