Immigrants and neighbourhoods of concentrated poverty: Assimilation or stagnation?

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1129-1151

  Jargowsky, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrios; Concentration of poverty; Immigration; Neighbourhood effects; Spatial assimilation

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449498684     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903006150     Document Type: Article

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