Immigrants working with co-ethnics: Who are they and how do they fare?

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-100

  Hou, Feng ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINORITY GROUP;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65149101002     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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