The impact of social capital on the earnings of Puerto Rican Migrants

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-592

  Aguilera, Michael Bernabé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 27944492874     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00027.x     Document Type: Review

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