Factors Shaping Workplace Segregation Between Natives and Immigrants

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 645-671

  Strömgren, Magnus ^a   Tammaru, Tiit ^b   Danzer, Alexander M ^c   van Ham, Maarten ^d,e   Marcińczak, Szymon ^a   Stjernström, Olof ^a   Lindgren, Urban ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermarriage; Longitudinal analysis; Residential segregation; Sweden; Workplace segregation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; RACISM; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897487285     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0271-8     Document Type: Article

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