Disparities in the educational success of immigrants: An assessment of the immigrant effect for Asians and Latinos

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 620, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-114

  Harris, Angel L ^a   Jamison, Kenneth M ^b   Trujillo, Monica H ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton Office of Population Research ^*

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Asian; Assimilation; Educational attainment; Immigrant adaptation; Latino

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649086826     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208322765     Document Type: Article

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