Migration and Wage-setting: Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-317

  Brücker, Herbert ^a   Jahn, Elke J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Germany; Immigration; Panel data; Unemployment; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; IMMIGRATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 79956280294     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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