Wage differentials between east and west Germany: Are they related to the location or to the people?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 873-879

  Smolny, W ^a   Kirbach, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INCOME; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; WAGE GAP;

GERMANY;

EID: 79957569773     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.511990     Document Type: Article

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