Migration background and subjective well-being a multilevel analysis based on the European social survey

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 645-676

  Backes, Susanne ^a   Hadjar, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Europe; integration; macro micro linkage; migrant generations; migration; multilevel analysis; Subjective Well Being

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84893152771     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15691330-12341279     Document Type: Article

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