Occupational trajectories of legal US immigrants: Downgrading and recovery

Population and Development Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-456

  Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATION; REFUGEE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649119119     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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