Ethnic inequality in home ownership and the value of housing: The case of immigrants in Israel

Social Forces

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1439-1462

  Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a   Elmelech, Yuval ^b   Semyonov, Moshe ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031533484     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/75.4.1439     Document Type: Article

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