Problems in paradise: Taiwanese immigrants to Auckland, New Zealand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-79

  Boyer, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaption; Migration; Points system; Semigration; Underemployment

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANTS; INCOME DECLINE; POINTS SYSTEM; POPULATION MIGRATION; TAIWANESE IMMIGRANTS; UNDEREMPLOYMENT;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, AUCKLAND;

EID: 0030455459     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apv.371004     Document Type: Article

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