One size fits all? Explaining U.S.-born and immigrant women's employment across 12 ethnic groups

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1713-1734

  Read, Jen'nan Ghazal ^a   Cohen, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34447529414     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0077     Document Type: Article

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