The role of cultural clustering in attracting new immigrants

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-318

  Gross, Dominique M ^a   Schmitt, Nicolas ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037932385     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9787.00300     Document Type: Article

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