Seeking similarity: How immigrants and natives manage in the labor market

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-441

  Slund, Olof Å ^a   Hensvik, Lena ^a   Skans, Oskar Nordström ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84902094220     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674985     Document Type: Article

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