Changing U.S. Immigration Law and the Occupational Selectivity of Asian Immigrants

International Migration Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 737-760

  Lobo, Arun Peter ^a   Salvo, Joseph J ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIANS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; IMMIGRANTS; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MIGRATION POLICY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OCCUPATION; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIANS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMAN RESOURCES; IMMIGRANTS; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MIGRATION POLICY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OCCUPATIONS; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; RECORDS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL POLICY; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; LEGISLATION; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RECORDS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; LEGISLATION; MIGRATION;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031593474     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547770     Document Type: Article

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