Second-generation pessimism and optimism: How Chinese and Dominicans understand education and mobility through ethnic and transnational orientations

International Migration Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-572

  Louie, Vivian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION;

EID: 33746564990     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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