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Immigrant Assimilation in the Labour Market: What Is Missing in Economic Literature

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Part of the book series: Global Migration Issues ((IOMS,volume 7))

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This chapter presents the economic approaches to the labour market assimilation of immigrants and the many actors which affect its success. It starts by covering the economic approach to labour market integration at destination and then points to its limitations and attempts to bring the often hidden role of the country of origin into view.

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    Alessandra Venturini

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Venturini, A. (2017). Immigrant Assimilation in the Labour Market: What Is Missing in Economic Literature. In: Weinar, A., Unterreiner, A., Fargues, P. (eds) Migrant Integration Between Homeland and Host Society Volume 1. Global Migration Issues, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56176-9_2

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