The impact of immigrant status on home ownership in Australia

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-192

  Chua, Jamie ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MODELING; TENURE SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 65149091827     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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