Occupational mobility of Australia's Vietnamese community: its direction and human capital determinants

International Migration Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-201

  Coughlan, James E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY; VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS;

AUSTRALIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 0031659127     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547565     Document Type: Article

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