From boom to bust: Migrant labour and employers in the Irish construction sector

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-476

  Krings, Torben ^a   Bobek, Alicja ^a   Moriarty, Elaine ^a   Salamońska, Justyna ^a   Wickham, James ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Employers; EU enlargement; Ireland; Migrant workers; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960883114     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X10387651     Document Type: Article

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