Determinants of employment of recently arrived Mexican immigrant wives

International Migration Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 354-377

  Greenlees, Clyde S ^a   Saenz, Rogelio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032800161     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547700     Document Type: Article

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