Do immigrant nurses in Canada see a wage penalty an empirical study

Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Buhr, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

economic discrimination; immigrant wages; nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863788262     PISSN: 0007666X     EISSN: 1554432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/be.2010.23     Document Type: Article

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