Off the boat, now off to work: Refugees in the labour market in Portland, Maine

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-143

  Mamgain, Vaishali ^a   Collins, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Catholic Charities Maine Refugee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LANGUAGE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; REFUGEE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345357057     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/16.2.113     Document Type: Article

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