Socioeconomic attainments of Asian Americans

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-276

  Sakamoto, Arthur ^a   Goyette, Kimberly A ^b   Kim, Changhwan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Educational attainment; Labor market; Majority minority paradigm; Model minority myth; Post Civil Rights era

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149119161     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-115958     Document Type: Article

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