Is the melting pot still hot? Explaining the resurgence of immigrant segregation

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-497

  Cutler, David M ^a   Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49749094393     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.3.478     Document Type: Article

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