Transnational twist: Pecuniary remittances and the socioeconomic integration of authorized and unauthorized Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles county

International Migration Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-102

  Marcelli, Enrico A ^a   Lowell, B Lindsay ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144406876     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2005.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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