Color by Numbers: Minority Earnings in Canada 1995-2005

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-329

  Pendakur, Krishna ^a   Pendakur, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Earnings differentials; Minority groups

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BLACK POPULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; MONTREAL; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 79960118354     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-010-0160-6     Document Type: Article

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