Occupational Adjustment of Immigrants
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Keywords
ethnic minorities; quality of jobs;JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2011-12-13 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-MIG-2011-12-13 (Economics of Human Migration)
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