Does assimilation work? Sociocultural determinants of labour market participation of European Muslims

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-216

  Koopmans, Ruud ^a,b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethnic penalties; gender values; interethnic contacts; labour market; language proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955732045     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2015.1082903     Document Type: Article

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