Ethnic enclaves and immigrant earnings growth

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-422

  Warman, Casey ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION GROWTH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249083089     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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