Remittance Behavior among Salvadoran and Filipino Immigrants in Los Angeles

International Migration Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-126

  Menjívar, Cecilia ^a   DaVanzo, Julie ^a   Well, Lisa Green ^a   Burciaga Valdez, R ^a  

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EID: 0002707094     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547562     Document Type: Article

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