A social proximity explanation of the reluctance to assimilate

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Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-63

  Fan, C Simon ^a   Stark, Oded ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; INCOME; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846663533     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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