Immigration and socioeconomic gaps: Theory and applications

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-549

  Lecker, Tikva ^a   Shachmurove, Yochanan ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032854734     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323995     Document Type: Article

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