Ethnosizing immigrants

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-287

  Constant, Amelie F ^a   Gataullina, Liliya ^b   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Migrant assimilation; Migrant integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249086934     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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