Reaching the promised land: Undocumented Dominican migration to Puerto Rico

Centro Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-243

  Ricourt, Milagros ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Migration; Migration and free trade; Puerto Rico; Women and labor force participation; Women and migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049049300     PISSN: 15386279     EISSN: 15386279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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