The U.S. destinations of contemporary Mexican immigrants

International Migration Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-802

  Mcconnell, Eileen Diaz ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56649083627     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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