Getting ahead in the capitalist paradise: Migration from China and socioeconomic attainment in colonial Hong Kong

International Migration Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 203-227

  Chiu, Stephen W K ^a   Choi, Susanne Y P ^a   Ting, Kwok Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 18144381036     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2005.tb00260.x     Document Type: Article

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