Gender, source country characteristics, and labor market assimilation among immigrants

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Blau, Francine D ^a,b   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a,b,c   Papps, Kerry L ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c NCER ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953898451     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00064     Document Type: Article

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