A double disadvantage? Minority group, immigrant status, and underemployment in the United States

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-130

  De Jong, Gordon F ^a   Madamba, Anna B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIAA CREF   (United States)

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EID: 0035286062     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00011     Document Type: Article

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