The Native-Immigrant Income Gap among the Self-Employed in Sweden

International Migration

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 118-143

  Joona, Pernilla Andersson ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79959991718     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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