The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
@article{Algan2009TheES, title={The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK}, author={Y. Algan and C. Dustmann and A. Glitz and A. Manning}, journal={Labor: Demographics & Economics of the Family eJournal}, year={2009} }
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe’s largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with large immigrant populations albeit with very different ethnic compositions. Today, the descendants of these immigrants live and work in their parents’ destination countries. This paper presents and discusses… CONTINUE READING
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