The State, Immigration Policy and Labour Market Practices: The Case of Overseas-Trained Doctors

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-86

  Groutsis, Dimitria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992849202     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00073     Document Type: Article

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