Should i stay or should i go explaining why most mexican immigrants are choosing to remain permanently in the United States

Latino Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wampler, Brian ^a   Chávez, Maria ^b   Pedraza, Francisco I ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican immigrants; Social capital, undocumented residents immigrants, migratory behaviour, social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650221059     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2008.63     Document Type: Article

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