The unauthorized Mexican immigrant population and welfare in Los Angeles county: A comparative statistical analysis

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-302

  Marcelli, Enrico A ^a,b   Heer, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; ILLEGAL MIGRANTS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATIONALITY; NATIVE-BORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; ILLEGAL MIGRANTS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NATIONALITY; NATIVE-BORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032217087     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389478     Document Type: Article

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