Muslims in France: Identifying a discriminatory equilibrium

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1039-1086

  Adida, Claire L ^a   Laitin, David D ^b   Valfort, Marie Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Discrimination; France; Muslim and Christian immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905124769     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-014-0512-1     Document Type: Article

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