Geography and the immigrant division of labor

Economic Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-281

  Ellis, Mark ^a   Wright, Richard ^b   Parks, Virginia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment niching; Immigrant division of labor; Job accessibility; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848818253     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2007.tb00354.x     Document Type: Article

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