Is there monopsonistic discrimination against immigrants?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 501-528

  Hirsch, Boris ^a   Jahn, Elke J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Monopsony; Native immigrant wage differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928170481     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0019793915572124     Document Type: Review

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