Convergence or divergence in Los Angeles: Three distinctive ethnic patterns of immigrant residential assimilation

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 254-285

  Yu, Zhou ^a   Myers, Dowell ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Chinese; Cohort; Ethnic enclave; Homeownership; Immigrants; Korean; Los Angeles; Mexican; Residential assimilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750957802     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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