The schooling of children of immigrants: Contextual effects on the educational attainment of the second generation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 11920-11927

  Portes, Alejandro ^a   Hao, Lingxin ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344658085     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403418101     Document Type: Article

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