Ethnic differences in educational attainment among the children of Canadian immigrants

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Abada, Teresa ^a   Hou, Feng ^b   Ram, Bali ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Mobility; Second generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650248282     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs1651     Document Type: Article

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