Through the front door: The housing outcomes of new lawful immigrants

International Migration Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-162

  McConnell, Eileen Diaz ^a   Redstone Akresh, Ilana ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; TENURE SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749113230     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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