Late-life migration, work status, and survival: The case of older immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel

International Migration Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 903-925

  Litwin, Howard ^a   Leshem, Elazar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56549102441     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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