Generations and motivations: Russian and other former Soviet immigrants in Costa Rica

International Migration

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 147-165

  Rodriguez, Leila ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 28244467894     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Review

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