The social consequences of participating in the ethnic economy

International Migration Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-146

  Fong, Eric ^a   Ooka, Emi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0036525448     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2002.tb00074.x     Document Type: Article

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