Postimmigration investments in education: A study of immigrants in the Netherlands

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 883-898

  van Tubergen, Frank ^a   van de Werfhorst, Herman ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38849152801     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0046     Document Type: Article

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