The roles of human capital and social capital in the economic integration of new arrivals from Mainland China to Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Chow, Nelson W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Economic integration; Human capital; New immigrants; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 67349185842     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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