Cultural Diversity and Local Labour Markets;La diversité culturelle et les marchés du travail locaux

Regional Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-191

  Suedekum, Jens ^a   Wolf, Katja ^b   Blien, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Regional labour markets; Spatial equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR RELATIONS; MIGRANT WORKER; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84906778347     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.697142     Document Type: Article

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