Skilled migration and cumulative disadvantage: The case of highly qualified Asian Indian immigrant women in the US

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 181-196

  Purkayastha, Bandana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indians in the US; Cumulative disadvantage; Gender; Immigration; Racialisation; Skilled migration

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; GENDER DISPARITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SKILLED LABOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13744255976     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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