A different path to homeownership: The case of Taiwanese immigrants in Los Angeles

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-579

  Yu, Zhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Homeownership; Los Angeles; Taiwanese immigrants

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; HOMEOWNERSHIP;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745300191     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600709082     Document Type: Article

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