Maquiladoras and U.S.-Bound Migration in Central Mexico

Growth and Change

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-216

  Jones, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 0012683094     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0017-4815.00156     Document Type: Article

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