Striving for a better position: Aspirations and the role of cultural, economic, and social capital for irregular migrants in Belgium

International Migration Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 881-907

  Van Meeteren, Masja ^a   Engbersen, Godfried ^a   Van San, Marion ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TYPOLOGY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71549117914     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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