The role of ethnic enclosure in leisure in the economic achievement of Korean immigrants

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-27

  Stodolska, Monika ^a   Marcinkowski, Matthew ^a   Yi Kook, Jouyeon ^b  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Economic achievement; Ethnic enclosure; Immigrants; Korean; Leisure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847626308     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2007.11950096     Document Type: Article

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