Occupational mobility among legal immigrants to the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 854-884

  Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY; OCCUPATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751349995     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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