The immigration surplus and the substitutability of immigrant and native labor: Evidence from Spain

Empirical Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 945-958

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   de la Rica, Sara ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigration surplus; Imperfect substitutes; Occupational segregation; Spain

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84875211224     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-011-0534-4     Document Type: Article

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